Des pommes ?
Laura
Kwiziq language super star
25/08/16
Bonjour Kathy,
Good question! That's the tricky thing about the French definite article - it is both specific (I like the apples you bought yesterday) and general (I like apples). Des pommes would refer to only some apples, like Granny Smiths but not Macintosh.
Take a look at these lessons:
https://progress.lawlessfrench.com/my-languages/french/view/1
https://progress.lawlessfrench.com/my-languages/french/view/11
Good question! That's the tricky thing about the French definite article - it is both specific (I like the apples you bought yesterday) and general (I like apples). Des pommes would refer to only some apples, like Granny Smiths but not Macintosh.
Take a look at these lessons:
https://progress.lawlessfrench.com/my-languages/french/view/1
https://progress.lawlessfrench.com/my-languages/french/view/11
Kathy
Kwiziq community member
25/08/16
Merci beaucoup, Laura !
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Kathy
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25 August 2016
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Des pommes ?
Hi there, another question from me about articles. In the example above, "J'aime seulement les pommes", does this not refer to "the apples" versus apples in general. I thought one would use "des pommes" in this case. Merci, Kathy
This relates to:
Restrictive ne … que = only (simple tenses) -