Yes, after être or other verbes d'état (there's a link to the full list in the lesson).
For example:
"Ce ne sont pas des choses aisées à dire" - "these are not easy things to say"
After ne...pas, is des ever used ?
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RobertKwiziq community member
After ne...pas, is des ever used ?
This question relates to:French lesson "Un/une become de/d' in negative sentences in French (French Indefinite Articles)"
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RobertKwiziq community member
Except for être and other verbs of state, is des used after ne ... pas ?
Alan Kwiziq Q&A super contributor
It's also used in some figurative expressions:
"ça ne casse pas des briques"
"les chiens ne font pas des chats"
I'm not sure why "de" is not used in these examples.
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