when are you supposed to use definite articles in french? I'm sort of confused. I thought you only used them when including articles (the), however, I've noticed that sentences sometimes include the definite article, too, here's an example of what I mean by that: "John adore les livres." The provided sentence, to my knowledge, translates to "John loves books." the question is, though, why can't you merely say "John adore livres" or "John adore des livres," if a partitive article is needed?


Can I have an explanation? thanks.