"I am afraid that he did not make coffee."

Translation: J'ai peur qu'il n'ait pas fait le café.

[RogerDavis9]

"Préparé" was given as the first suggestion, then marked wrong in favour of "fait". I wrote "...il n'ait pas préparé le café". Is this wrong?

[Arren01]

It's not.

[Sitesurf]

There might be a mistake in the beginning of your sentence with "préparé".

[Abd_Samed_Google]

hi SITESURF please can you tell me how do i can make a difference between DU CAFE and DE CAFE ????? please i always use the wrong one

[Sitesurf]

In negative sentences, the direct object loses its article:

• ... qu'il n'ait pas/plus/jamais... fait... de café

[Abd_Samed_Google]

understood, but in this case why he kept the article "LE"
i mean according to you answer
qu'il n'ait pas/plus/jamais... fait... DE café
which doesnt confirm DUO's answer which is
qu'il n'ait pas fait LE café.
Sorry i cant differentiate anything for this DUO question ? any help would be appreciated ?

[Sitesurf]

The difference between "faire du café" and "faire le café", in this context is as follows:

• j'ai peur qu'il n'ait pas fait de café: he has probably anticipated our visit in many aspects, but since he only drinks tea, I'm afraid he has not made coffee.

• j'ai peur qu'il n'ait pas fait le café: usually, after lunch, he does, but today with all those events, he might not have found the time to make the (post-lunch) coffee.

[Sitesurf]

When the sentence is negative, partitive and indefinite articles disappear and the bare preposition "de" is used instead:

• il fait du café -- il ne fait pas de café
• il fait le café -- il ne fait pas le café

So my previous explanation is still valid.

[Abd_Samed_Google]

thanks again but unfortunately i didnt explain my question very well ,
i was asking for the DE vs DU not DE vs LE ????
sorry for what happened ?