Nous rêvions de cartes au trésor.

Thalia C.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Nous rêvions de cartes au trésor.

I was wondering why it's "de" and not "des" in this sentence? I know that if there was an adjective before "cartes," then you'd use "de" (de bonnes cartes), but I can't figure out why it is used here instead of "des". Merci d'avance pour votre réponse.

This question relates to:French writing exercise "Holiday [US: Vacation] by the sea"

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CécileNative French expert teacher in KwiziqCorrect answer

Hi T and Anne,

The preposition ‘de’ is part of the verb -

Rêver de quelque chose=to dream of something

So if you said -

Nous rêvions des cartes au trésor= we dreamed of the treasure maps ( mentioned )

In this case it is -

We dreamed of treasure maps=nous rêvions de cartes au trésor ( unspecific)

Hope this helps!

Like24 years ago

Anne P.C1Kwiziq community member

I have the same question!

Like04 years ago

Thalia C. asked:

Nous rêvions de cartes au trésor.

I was wondering why it's "de" and not "des" in this sentence? I know that if there was an adjective before "cartes," then you'd use "de" (de bonnes cartes), but I can't figure out why it is used here instead of "des". Merci d'avance pour votre réponse.

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