hazio

[sinful fossil]

Please be patient

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[fast laurel]

And would it change if I negate the sentence using "ne... pas"?

[lapis lava]

when you're talking about liking the general concept of something you use the definite article

if you use a partitive article it sounds like you're refering only to specific instances of the thing

[fast laurel]

Hm okay, but once on Easy French on youtube I heard that you are supposed to say "J'adore du patinage"

Did I misunderstand something or is it a different case?

[lapis lava]

hmm, are you sure you didn't miss the verb "faire" between adore and patinage?

[fast laurel]

Maybe you're right, I don't remember which one I watched so I can't check

[fast laurel]

And can you say something about it?

It"s still "Le n'aime pas les enfants"?

[lapis lava]

no change if the sentence uses a definite article

but partitive articles become 'de' in most negative sentences

(except with être or for emphasis)

[fast laurel]

hm... maybe that one from easy french was "Je n'aime pas de patinage"? Does this sentence make sense?

[lapis lava]

no