#Kira

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topaz cobalt
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lean heath
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In the first sentences, you're talking about eggs in general. For general concepts, French uses a definite article.

In the second sentence, you're talking about unspecified instances of eggs you're eating. For unspecified instances, you have to use an indefinite article.

heavy trout
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in the first sentence if you swapped them it would be like saying "I adore some eggs"

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which is a weird thing to say

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meanwhile, in the second sentence, "I eat some eggs every day" makes more sense

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than "I eat the eggs every day"

topaz cobalt
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sorry for the late reply, had classes all day

heavy trout
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You put an article in front of nouns

lean heath
# topaz cobalt hmm i see your point, cant i just say "j'adore oeufs" why put the les?

A noun requires an article. Except for some specific edge cases, you can't have a noun without introducing it with an article.
In English, no article also conveys a signification: multiple unspecified instances, or a general concept. In French, no article is not a thing. Multiple unspecified instances uses the indefinite article "des", general concepts use the definite article.

topaz cobalt
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i see i see but then what abt "Je mange de la viande" and not "Je mange la viande" does the de la mean "some" here?

lean heath