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stiff summitBOT
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mild star
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Correct 👍

cloud bolt
mild star
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Partitive articles do become "de" in negative sentences, yes. Specifically, when the negation is about the quantity.
Example:
Je ne bois pas d'eau = I don't drink water

But when the negation isn't about the quantity, the partitive article stays.
Example:
Je ne bois pas de l'eau, je bois du coca = I'm not drinking water, I'm drinking coke
Here the negation is about the nature of what you're drinking, not about drinking nothing.

civic crater
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Indefinite articles also turn into de in the negative. What Kitties said also applies.

cloud bolt
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All of the sentences that i saw earlier was the transformation of de, ive never seen de'l partitif or indéfini stays in the same form on the négative forms