Word
Elle a une allergie et elle ne boit pas d'alcool.
Meaning
She has an allergy and she doesn't drink alcohol.
Part of speech
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Breakdown of Elle a une allergie et elle ne boit pas d'alcool.
elle
she
et
and
avoir
to have
ne
not (used before the verb)
Questions & Answers about Elle a une allergie et elle ne boit pas d'alcool.
Why is it pas d'alcool and not pas de l'alcool?
This is the main rule for absolute negation. In French, when you say you do not consume or have any of something, the usual articles (un, une, des, or partitives like de l') turn into a simple de or d'. Since alcool starts with a vowel, we use d'. So instead of pas de l'alcool, it becomes pas d'alcool.
What would this sentence look like if she did drink alcohol?
If the sentence were positive, you would use the partitive article (meaning "some"). You would say elle boit de l'alcool. When you make it negative, that entire de l' is replaced by d'.
Why doesn't une allergie change to d'allergie too?
Why does boit end in a "t" instead of an "s"?