des / les

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des / les

We say «J'aime LES fleurs MAIS je dessine DES fleurs.»

Why?

Asked 3 weeks ago
CélineKwiziq Native French TeacherCorrect answer

Bonjour Roman,

J'aime les fleurs = I like flowers

-> you're using "les" because you're referring to liking flowers in general

Also, when using verbs of preference (such as aimer, adorer, détester, haïr, préférer), you must use le, la, l', or les. See the link below:

Using le, la, l', les before nouns when generalising (definite articles) 

 

Je dessine des fleurs = I am drawing (some) flowers

-> you're talking about some unspecified flowers

Partitive articles and Definite articles

 

I hope this is helpful.

Bonne journée !

Roman M. asked:

des / les

We say «J'aime LES fleurs MAIS je dessine DES fleurs.»

Why?

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