When to use les and des in French?

Question

I have a quiz tomorrow and need to know!!!!!

Answer 1

"Les" is "the" when referring to plural. "Des" is "of" when referring to plural. Le and De are the singular.

Answer 2

Les is the plural form of the articles "la" and "le", meaning "the" for a plural noun. Des is the plural form of "du" or "de", meaning "some".

In French, instead of saying I drank the coffee, you would say I drank SOME coffee (because you didn't drink all of the coffee in the world).

I hope that makes sense.

Answer 3

les - the (plural) - corresponds to le and la in the singular
des - of the (plural) - corresponds to du and de la in the singular

des is also some with things that are not quantified, like coffee, as mentioned above. you would not say des if you were saying you had 2 coffees, since that is quantified.

Answer 4

Both are plural, "les" is roughly equivalent to "the" in English (for more than one thing), while "des" is roughly equivalent to "some". But you wouldn't say "des cafés" you'd almost certainly say "du café". (Unless you mean a café as opposed to a coffee.)

Basically, if you are referring to specific things, use "les" (including for body parts where in English you'd say my/his/her) and if you are referring to things in general (but not STUFF in general, that would be du or de la), use "des".

Answer 5

no!!! No NO NOOOOO. des is plural, les is singular, that will be 50.oo dollars, you can pay my secratary on the way out.

Answer 6

they are plurals