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[viral brook]

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[stray pewter]

Should it be:

Vous essayez les/des baskets blanches?
Ils achètent les/des bottes brunes.

I think les but I wanna check

[azure mist]

both are correct but mean different things

[stray pewter]

Well it's asking me

[azure mist]

maybe it's context related

[stray pewter]

Are you (formal) trying on the white sneakers?

They (m.) are buying the brown boots.

Sorry yeah it totally is

[azure mist]

"les" is for a specific instance of something, you know which ones you're talking about (usually translates as "the")
"des" is for non specific instances. Could be any set of those (usually translates as nothing, or "some")

so what do you think?

[stray pewter]

So probably les for both right?

[azure mist]

right, because you want "the" specific set of boots/sneakers

They are buying the brown boots, not any brown boots.

[stray pewter]

Ahh okay thank you. In the heat of the moment in honestly forgot about les until I was checking my stuff

Thank you sooo much!!