"I eat an apple and she eats bread."

Translation: Je mange une pomme et elle mange du pain.

[Rheari]

Je mange une pomme et elle mange du pain. Could someone tell me why it is "du pain" instead of just "pain"?

[soggychips]

Can someone answer this please?

[RyanPi]

I'm a little rusty, but here's my understanding.

"Je mange du pain." would mean "I am eating some bread," or "I am eating bread". It is not specifying what loaf of bread, just saying that some bread is being eaten.
"Je mange le pain." would mean "I am eating the bread," and may be used if someone were asking you about a certain loaf.

I.E.
Clare: I bought bread today. (Je suis acheté du pain aujourd'hui)
Ben: I'm sorry, I ate the bread. (Je suis desolé. J'ai mangé le pain.)

[Rheari]

Thank you. That is helpful.

[Istik]

One of my options was: "Je mange une pomme et elle mange du hommes." ಠ_ಠ

[EmmaEzra]

That has properly tickled me :)

[akshayadkini]

it is so easy and this is the first time i am learning french if you got it wrong you should write it down

[Jereme]

Sorry, but when do I use pain versus pan for bread?

[languagepotato]

you use pain when speaking french and pan when speaking spanish :p

[Person1234]

i was thinking the same thing and recently someone was taking spanish and el pan came up. They were taking spanish.

[Menschenkind]

Never pan, only pain. Pan has a whole different meaning.

[Jereme]

Also, shouldn't the translation be "manges" instead of "mange"?

[sambling]

ER VERBS

E, ES, E, ONS, EZ, ENT

[Menschenkind]

Je mange, tu manges, il mange.
http://konjugator.reverso.net/konjugation-franzosisch-verb-manger.html

[kathgrimo]

omg one of the options was "je mange une personne et.." in other words "I eat a person" .. holy crap what whyyyy

[1malao33]

On mine, it was je mange une robe...