Des pommes ?
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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 question relates to:French lesson "Restrictive ne … que = only (simple tenses)"
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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:
Using le, la, l' to say "the" (definite articles)
Using le, la, l' to say "the" (definite articles)1
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:
Using le, la, l' to say "the" (definite articles)
Using le, la, l' to say "the" (definite articles)1
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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
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