FR: manger (du) camembert - article

[youkkai]

Manger (du) camembert

I understand that you should say "boire du lait", correct? Does the same apply to the sentence [above]? And why is that?
Thank you so much in advance!

 

[olivier68]

Yes, it's here a partitive article. In a nutshell, it means: "(to eat) some camembert?". See: "(to drink) some milk".

 

[Maître Capello]

In French, nouns are seldom used without a determiner. You need a determiner most of the time, unlike in English for example. The question is then to choose the right article: definite, indefinite or partitive.

to eat camembert ↔ manger du camembert
to drink milk ↔ boire du lait
to love chocolate ↔ aimer le chocolat
to have children ↔ avoir des enfants