Why are we saying des before a noun followed by an adjective?
Des or de before a noun followed by an adjective?
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Manpreet kaurKwiziq Q&A regular contributor
Des or de before a noun followed by an adjective?
Asked 2 years ago
You use de instead of des when the adjective is before the noun, betwixt de and the noun.. If the adjective comes after the noun, you should use des if called for.
CélineKwiziq team member
Bonjour Manpreet kaur,
To illustrate Chris's excellent answer, here are two examples:
Ce sont de jolies chaussures = these are nice shoes
Ce sont des chaussures rouges = these are red shoes
Follow the link here: use-de-d-instead-of-des-in-front-of-adjectives-preceding-nouns-partitive-article
I hope this is helpful.
Bonne journée !
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