So I got a little confused: Why is there no "de" before "quelques", "plusieurs" etc? Why doesn't the rule of "de" before adjectives that precede nouns apply here?
"De" article only in "nombreux"?
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Elijah N.Kwiziq community member
"De" article only in "nombreux"?
This question relates to:French lesson "Expressing quantities in French with quelques/plusieurs/de nombreux = A few/several/many"
Asked 3 years ago
Hi Elijah,
Copying from the lesson:-
"If we had to establish an order of quantity, it would go like this:
a couple / some /a few
several
many / numerous
quelques
plusieurs
de nombreux (m)
de nombreuses (f) "
As I understand it for quelques / plusieurs they already take the sense of "some / a few / several" whereas "de nombreux" takes the sense of "numerous"
Hope this helps.
Jim
Ned D.Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor
Quelque(s), etc. are indefinites. Nombreux is just an ordinary adjective.
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