Partitive articles and definite articles

Dinali C.B1Kwiziq community member

Partitive articles and definite articles

Are we supposed to use definite articles with adorer,Aimer, detester and préférer verb instead of partitive articles?

J'aime les fruits 

J'aime des fruits 

Which one is correct?

Asked 2 years ago
Chris W.C1 Kwiziq Q&A super contributor Correct answer

With aimer, the use of the article generalizes the statement:

J'aime les pommes. -- I love apples.

For a particular item, you can use the demonstrative pronoun:

J'aime cette pomme. -- I love this apple.

The partitive article works as expected:

J'aime des pommes. -- I love some apples.

Jaya R.B1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Aimer, Adorer, Préférer and détester are always followed by definite articles le, la, l' or les.   

Chris W.C1 Kwiziq Q&A super contributor

@Jaya: yes, but only if you are talking about the general (see the examples in my post).

Breanna N.B1Kwiziq community member

with aimer, adorer, admirer, detester, and préférer use definite articles only.

EX: J'aime les fruits.

   Je deteste la mer.

Jaya R.B1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Jaime les fruits - this is correct

Partitive articles and definite articles

Are we supposed to use definite articles with adorer,Aimer, detester and préférer verb instead of partitive articles?

J'aime les fruits 

J'aime des fruits 

Which one is correct?

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