How do you use « ne.. pas assez de » when talking about a specific thing?

Fahad A.C1Kwiziq community member

for example,

« I didn’t eat enough of the cake » - meaning a specific cake, rather than general cake. In this case, is it allowed to say

« Je n’ai mangé pas assez du gateau »

Asked 5 years ago

CécileNative French expert teacher in KwiziqCorrect answer

Hi Fahad,

Your sentence syntax is incorrect as it should be -

Je n'ai pas assez mangé du gâteau

but I would probably have said -

Je n'ai pas assez mangé de ce gâteau

Like15 years ago

for example,

« I didn’t eat enough of the cake » - meaning a specific cake, rather than general cake. In this case, is it allowed to say

« Je n’ai mangé pas assez du gateau »

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