à côté des appartements or à côté d'appartements

Question

Chers amis,

Please clarify my doubt. Mon école est à côté des appartements or Mon école est à côté d'appartements

Which one is right? does de gets contracted to des or changes to d' as appartements starts with a vowel.

Thanks in advance.

Accepted Answer

Hi Jaya,You haven't referenced the lesson or question, but if the apartments were specific then the preposition "à côté de" would be appropriate in the sense of "next to".So we could write "Mon école est à côté de les (des) apartments".If on the other hand, they were non-specific then we could write "...... d'apartments" (à côté de)Bonne journéeJim

Answer

mon ecole est a cote des apartments

Answer

à côté des appartements -- next to the apartmentsà côté d'appartements -- next to apartments.