So if I want to say: "I like girls" I would have to say "J'aime les filles"???? I can't just say: "J'aime filles"? & cant I use the partitive here ?

Bruno C.A0Kwiziq community member

So if I want to say: "I like girls" I would have to say "J'aime les filles"???? I can't just say: "J'aime filles"? & cant I use the partitive here ?

Asked 5 years ago
CécileKwiziq team memberCorrect answer

Hi Bruno,

Yes,

j'aime les filles

is correct...

CécileKwiziq team memberCorrect answer

Hi Bruno,

 As is said in the lesson -

"In English, we drop the when talking about things in general, but notice that in French, when talking about things in general or abstractly, you must use le, la, l', or les (the definite article). "

So you will say :

J'aime les filles, le chocolat, le football, ....

Hope this is clearer...

Bruno C.A0Kwiziq community member

But is there an explanation for this??? Why do I have to use 'les'? 

Martin R.B1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

The answer to that question Bruno is because it is French and that’s the way it is. As you go through A0 it will become clearer and you will soon learn that not all questions have answer just understandings, just like in life. 

So if I want to say: "I like girls" I would have to say "J'aime les filles"???? I can't just say: "J'aime filles"? & cant I use the partitive here ?

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