Il ny a pas du pain A Common French Mistake

Learn from this common French-language mistake. Wrong: Il ny a pas du painRight: Il ny a pas de pain Explanation: One of the first things you learn about French vocabulary related to food is that you need to use partitive articles with it, as in je vais acheter du pain (Im going to buy some bread). You also learn that the partitive article changes to de after a negation, but many French students forget that part. So there is some bread is il y a du pain, but there isnt any bread is il ny a pas de pain, not il ny a pas du pain. Related lessons: Partive articlesDe vs du, de la, desFrench food vocabulary