Can 'les gosses' be used here instead of 'les enfants' for 'the kids' ?
With the kids
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Les enfants -- the children, the kids
les gosses -- the kids, the "rug rats", etc. (a more familiar and informal term)
It's difficult to find a 1:1 correspondence with an English term, but les gosses is definitely less formal and a bit less affectionate, maybe.
Bonjour Pamela,
"Les gosses" can be used for "les enfants". However, it is quite colloquial/informal and used in informal context/speech. In this context, it's best to use the standard word "enfants".
Personally, I don't like using "gosse" ; maybe due to the fact that it's used in less than affectionate expressions such as "un sale gosse = a brat".
I hope this is helpful.
Bonne journée !
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