with plurals, de becomes des.....

Steven N.C1Kwiziq community member

with plurals, de becomes des.....

Why isn't it "Nous ne faisons pas partie DES amis" as "ses amis" is plural? But then I guess that would apply to "de les amis", so what's going on here?
Asked 8 years ago
LauraKwiziq team memberCorrect answer

Bonjour Steven,

Possessive adjectives don't contract, so you'd say nous faisons partie de ses amis, je fais partie de mes invités, etc.

Or if you're not using the adjective, then yes, you say des amis, des invités.

GruffKwiziq team member

Hi Steven, in negative expressions, we always use de or d' irrespective of plurality. See this lesson: du, de la, de l', & des all become de or d' in negative sentences

Steven N.C1Kwiziq community member
Merci, une réponse très rapide! But how do we deal with posessive articles when it's not negative? So, "nous faisons partie (de ses) amis = .....des amis; je fais partie (de mes) invités = ....des invités?

with plurals, de becomes des.....

Why isn't it "Nous ne faisons pas partie DES amis" as "ses amis" is plural? But then I guess that would apply to "de les amis", so what's going on here?

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