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Aug 23, 2017 - 10:02 AM
Hi Joseph,
You're totally right here. It's a matter of meaning: you usually like or prefer something as a whole, in general. In this case in French, when talking about things in general, we use the articles le/la/les...
On the contrary, you usually want, buy or bring "part" of something, an "indefinite quantity" of it, not the whole concept...that's why with those verbs you have to use: du/de la/des...
You're totally right here. It's a matter of meaning: you usually like or prefer something as a whole, in general. In this case in French, when talking about things in general, we use the articles le/la/les...
On the contrary, you usually want, buy or bring "part" of something, an "indefinite quantity" of it, not the whole concept...that's why with those verbs you have to use: du/de la/des...