"Ele ama os animais."

Translation: He loves animals.

[reno300]

I wrote "He loves the animals" and was marked correct, but "He loves animals" would have also been correct. I thought "He loves animals" (a general love of animals) would be "ele ama de animais", DE instead of OS, is that right or wrong?

[Paulenrique]

The, you just need to leave OS out: ele ama animais. Use DE after gostar, but not after amar.

[reno300]

Any rule why we use DE after gostar but not amar? They are both regular verbs right?

[Paulenrique]

No rules. They are both regular but some verbs require specific prepositions.

[Jamesalex1]

why is there an article here if the phrase is general????

[Paulenrique]

maybe to intensify the sentence.

[derek.todd]

I was marked wrong for putting "Ele ama animais" I missed of "os", why do you need the "os"?

[DanielTietz]

"Ele ama animais" is correct too... but is more generic, as if you are talking about all animals of the world.

[Mathias_Martin]

Is " He loves his animals" correct ? Could "os" be a pronon in this case ?

[DanielTietz]

he loves his animals = ele ama seus animais

ele ama os animais = he loves the animals

[daenerryssss]

"os", "as", "o" and "a" are always articles.

os and as = plural
o and a = singular

[samuelTao1]

Could it be he likes animals instead of loves

[Paulenrique]

= Ele gosta de animais.

[Henry139249]

Says "os animais" = the animals . Marked.wrong. then should put just animais, not "os animais. Exact translation. Error