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How to Say ‘Not with cow's milk’ in French

Pas avec du lait de vache

pah ah-vek dew leh duh vahsh

[pah ah-vek dew leh duh vahsh]

🇫🇷 In France: In a French café, milk means cow's milk unless you say otherwise, so flag it when you order rather than after it's made.

Phrase Breakdown

Pas avec

pah ah-vek

Not with

'Pas' alone means 'not' in casual speech. Say 'pa a-vek'.

Example

Pas avec du sucre.

Not with sugar.

Words in this phrase

Pas

[pah]

not

Used with 'ne' to form a negative.

Example

Je ne comprends pas.

I do not understand.

avec

[ah-vek]

with

A preposition indicating accompaniment or association.

Example

Je suis avec elle.

I am with her.

du lait de vache

dew leh duh vahsh

cow's milk

'Du' is the partitive, meaning 'some'. Use it for an unspecified amount of milk.

Example

Je bois du lait de vache.

I drink cow's milk.

Words in this phrase

[dew]

some / of the

Contraction of 'de le'; used in expressions with activities like 'faire du roller'.

Example

Dans « Tu fais du roller seul ? », du fait partie de l’expression.

In “Do you inline skate alone?”, 'du' is part of the expression.

lait

[leh]

milk

Masculine noun for milk, from animals or plants.

Example

Je bois du lait le matin.

I drink milk in the morning.

[duh]

Expressing the relationship between part and a whole.

Example

Un verre de lait.

A glass of milk.

vache

[vahsh]

cow

Means cow; in yoga it refers to the cow part of cat-cow.

Example

Vache ouvre la poitrine dans le mouvement.

Cow opens the chest in the movement.

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