So if I want to say: "I like girls" I would have to say "J'aime les filles"???? I can't just say: "J'aime filles"? & cant I use the partitive here ?

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Hi Bruno,
Yes,
j'aime les filles 
is correct...

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Hi Bruno,
 As is said in the lesson -
"In English, we drop the when talking about things in general, but notice that in French, when talking about things in general or abstractly, you must use le, la, l', or les (the definite article). "
So you will say :
J'aime les filles, le chocolat, le football, ....
Hope this is clearer...

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But is there an explanation for this??? Why do I have to use 'les'?

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The answer to that question Bruno is because it is French and that’s the way it is. As you go through A0 it will become clearer and you will soon learn that not all questions have answer just understandings, just like in life.