Positive articles.
In English, we don't really have a positive article, although we often use the words some or any instead.
What it is, is an article used in front of an uncountable noun such as sugar.
Coffee.
Look.
Soup.
Flour, salad.
In French, there are three forms do de la and de.
And more than anything, the positive article is found in front of food and drink nouns.
I've broken down the usage of positive articles in French into four little rules.
Rule one uncountable food and drink.
The positive article, Doo de La and De is used in front of food and drink items that you can't count,
so they're classed as uncountable nouns, or if you're only eating some of something that you can count.
So countable nouns.
A little tip for working out whether something is countable or uncountable is to put an indefinite article
so the words are or an in front of it.
If it doesn't sound right, it's uncountable.
So you use a positive article in front of it in French.
For example, I would like a milk.
It doesn't sound right.
So in French you would say duly meaning.
I would like some milk.
So milk is an uncountable noun because you can't say a milk.
Secondly, if you put the word some in front of a noun and it gains an S on the end, it's accountable
noun.
So you should use the plural indefinite article date with it.
For example, I would like some biscuits, so the word biscuit gets an S on the end when you put the
word some in front of it in French.
Therefore you would say you would describe the biscuit to mean I would like some biscuits, but then
I would like some wine.
You don't say I would like some wines if you just want a bit of wine.
So you would say in French you try Duvan, you would write one.
So here are some examples of the positive article in use in French.
GMG de la Soup.
JMJ de la Soup.
I ate some soup.
Jp de la salad.
I had salad or literally I had some salad.
New Zealand Dollar Glass.
We want some ice cream.
Newman.
John DICKERSON.
Randy Newman.
John DICKERSON.
Ready?
We eat fish on Fridays.
Jeb is one.
The Guadalupe Jeb is one.
The Guadalupe.
I need to drink some water.
Now you may be wondering, because I know I was when I first learned about positive articles at university.
If the positive article is used with uncountable nouns, why is there a plural d?
Well, this is really the indefinite article, but sometimes in English there are uncountable nouns
that are actually countable in French.
For example, in English, spinach is uncountable.
You can't say, I want a spinach.
You say, I would like some spinach.
But in French epi na is countable.
So you say in French you would disappear.
You would write deep enough.
But if you say I would like some spinach in French, it literally means I would like some spinach as
jovial Despina.