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Can you answer the question too please
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.
Indefinite articles also turn into de in the negative. What Kitties said also applies.
Ive seen your second example for the first time
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