Les Autres vs Des Autres

Alasdair K.B1Kwiziq community member

je ne connaissais pas les autres détails

'Autres' refers to 'détails', so is an adjective ('détails' being a noun)?

So shouldn't it be 'des autres'?

Asked 3 months ago

Chris W.C1 Kwiziq Q&A super contributor Correct answer

les autres details -- the other details

This is quite straightforward and parallels the English. Using an article would be interpreted as a partitive article:

des autres détails -- some (of the) other details
d'autres details -- other details

Like23 months ago

Alan G.C1 Kwiziq Q&A super contributor

I think that should be:

d'autres détails -- (some) other details (partitive des changes to de or d' before an adjective)

des autres détails -- of/about the other details (des = de + les, this is not a partitive)

Like13 months ago

je ne connaissais pas les autres détails

'Autres' refers to 'détails', so is an adjective ('détails' being a noun)?

So shouldn't it be 'des autres'?

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