use of de in negation

Saul A.A1Kwiziq community member

use of de in negation

In the answer "je n'aime pas les sports" I thought de was used in negation rather than le, la, une, etc. Is this totally incorrect? What are the rules for using de rather than le, la, etc.

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Chris W.C1 Kwiziq Q&A super contributor

There are some verbs, mostly aimer, which don't follow this rule. They don't use the partitive "de". Similarly with "sans" and "ne..ni..ni".

Je n'aime pas le café.
Je prends le café sans sucre.
Je ne bois ni café ni thé.

Hope this helps, -- Chris (not a native speaker).

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use of de in negation

In the answer "je n'aime pas les sports" I thought de was used in negation rather than le, la, une, etc. Is this totally incorrect? What are the rules for using de rather than le, la, etc.

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