'des' vs. 'les'

Hello,

Démétrius et Paula sont des amis.

First, is 'des' used as an 'article indéfini' in the sentence above?

If so, I can't figure out why 'des' should be used in such a case where we exactly know whom we're talking about (Démétrius et Paula)... To me it's 'les' which would fit there...

Thank you.

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Permalink Reply by Erwan on October 5, 2011 at 2:17pm

Démétrius et Paula sont des amis : It means "Démétrius and Paula are friends"

If you use les instead of des then a part of the phrase is missing. They become friends of someone.