Plural "des"

In the sentence "J'ai honte de mes infidélités." you have a oersonal pronoun (mes) between "de" and "infidélités", and the personal pronoun already indicates the plural. Therefore it is simply "de" instead of "des". The second example "Thomas a honte des opinions...." there is no pronoun and hence you need "des". Hope this helps, -- Chris (not a native speaker).

Yes, it does! Thanks.

Bonjour Aurélie! I appreciate your additional explanation. It's even easier to understand now. What an incredibly complex language this is! I'm grateful to have this site to help me through it. Merci beaucoup!

It is my theory that every language has about the same level of complexity simply because people have, on average, similar needs to express themselves. But it might be more difficult to adjust fro, one way of thinking to a another one depending on what you are used to. Neither English nor German has noun cases, for example. German has four, Russion six and Croatian seven. English has fewer grammatical rules but is one of the indo-european languages with the largest vocabulary. I guess each language has its own area of complexity. Certainly a point to mull over.... Best wishes, -- Chris.

Hi Chris, I came in assuming that, but I'm starting to change my mind because of the random illogic and inconsistency of French verb conjugations. Changing a spelling to help with pronunciation makes total sense to me. But there are so many quirky exceptions that serve no purpose whatsoever! What I love about Kwiziq is that the quizzes ease them in on you gradually, so you can master them and move on. That helps, at least! But it's astounding how many quirks there are. Still, it's a gorgeous language. I suspect that mastering a language that prefers "tour d'horizon" to a prosaic word like "overview" will open the door to a marvelous new world. Do you find your way of seeing the world changes with each of the languages you mention?