Hello,
Please explain the following sentence: Je préfère une salade de tomates - why is the indefinite article not 'des' as we are stating tomates?
Thank you
Hello,
Please explain the following sentence: Je préfère une salade de tomates - why is the indefinite article not 'des' as we are stating tomates?
Thank you
Une salade de tomates -- a tomato salad. ("a salad of tomatoes", not "a salad of the tomatoes")
There is no definite article, just the preposition de.
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