Questions & Answers about Il y a des livres partout.
Is partout the opposite of the new lesson term nulle part?
Yes! Partout means "everywhere." The opposite is the negative expression you are learning in this lesson: ne... nulle part (nowhere / not anywhere).
How would I rewrite this sentence to mean "There aren't books anywhere"?
Why did des livres change to de livres in that negative example?
Just like with standard ne... pas negation, indefinite articles (un, une, des) change to de (or d') after a negative expression. Since ne... nulle part makes the sentence negative, des livres becomes de livres.
Why use des here instead of les?
We use the indefinite article des (some) because we are introducing unspecific books into the conversation. If we used les, it would mean "There are the books everywhere," referring to a specific group of books you already know about.
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