French for English speakers Bakery · Lesson 1

Drinking

Discuss drinking preferences in French — Bois-tu du thé chaud ou froid ? (Do you drink hot or cold tea?) — with the verb boire and partitive du/de la.

Conversation

  1. Yaya Yaya

    Bois-tu du thé chaud ou froid ?

    Do you drink hot or cold tea?

  2. Magicat Magicat

    Généralement, du thé chaud.

    Usually hot.

    Tip: <ement> = this is a suffix often added to adjectives in French in order to make them adverbs.

  3. Yaya Yaya

    Avant ou après le déjeuner ?

    Before or after lunch?

  4. Magicat Magicat

    Habituellement, après le déjeuner, mais parfois j’en bois parfois aussi avant.

    Usually after lunch, but sometimes before it too.

    Tip: <parfois> = sometimes

Common questions

Quick answers about this lesson's grammar and vocabulary.

How do you conjugate boire (to drink)?

Je bois, tu bois, il/elle boit, nous buvons, vous buvez, ils/elles boivent. Irregular but common.

What is du in 'du thé'?

Partitive article — meaning 'some' (unspecified amount). Du (masculine), de la (feminine), de l' (before vowels), des (plural).

Common French drinks?

Du thé (tea), du café (coffee), de l'eau (water), du vin (wine), du jus (juice), du lait (milk).

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