Unit 25 Guidebook: describe your breakfast
KEY PHRASES
Describe your breakfast
Tu prends du café au petit déjeuner ?
Do you have coffee at breakfast?
Do you have coffee at breakfast?
Non, je prends du thé avec du lait.
No, I have tea with milk.
No, I have tea with milk.
Je mange de la brioche avec de la confiture.
I am eating some brioche with jam.
I am eating some brioche with jam.
J'adore l'eau minérale !
I love mineral water!
I love mineral water!
Tu manges des yaourts ?
Do you eat yogurt?
Do you eat yogurt?
Tu aimes les fraises ?
Do you like strawberries?
Do you like strawberries?
TIP
Du thé ou du café ?
Some nouns are uncountable — you don't put a number before them. For example, we generally say I want some honey, not I want one honey.
In French, you always need du, de la, or des before those uncountable nouns!
Je prends du sucre avec mon café.
I take sugar with my coffee.
I take sugar with my coffee.
J'achète des pâtes.
I buy pasta.
I buy pasta.
Tu veux du vin ?
Do you want some wine?
Do you want some wine?
TIP
J'adore le chocolat !
Remember, when you're talking about things you like (or don't like!), you should always use le, la, or les.
Il adore le chocolat.
He loves chocolate.
He loves chocolate.