"Des garçons boivent de l'eau."

Translation: Boys are drinking water.

[Madeline05]

Why is that mistake if I wrote some boys?

[tamgahow]

i am also coufused

[personvincent]

Why do we have to add "de" when there is already a "l'" in front of eau

[ColieGrove]

The "de" makes it "water" instead of "the water."

[TheResurected]

I entered "the boys" seems pretty general. It was wrong because I didn't enter "some". Then, I noticed "boys", not even "some". Why not " the boys".

[Tinksahoy]

"Des" doesn't mean "the". If it were "the boys", the sentence would read "Les garçons..."

"Some boys" or just "Boys" should be correct here.

[e2UF]

This site is trippin. I got that right.

[SZ12]

Why do we ignore singular de and then write des as 'some???

[dance1234567]

That is easy