DE or DES

Monireh H.A1Kwiziq community member

DE or DES

in this sentence: " J'ai acheté de nouveaux bols et de nouvelles assiettes " why use DE nouveaux bols.......... insteet of DES nouveaux .......

This question relates to:French lesson "Beau, nouveau, vieux have different plural forms for masculine and feminine (French Adjectives)"

Asked 3 years ago

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CécileNative French expert teacher in KwiziqCorrect answer

Hi Monireh,

Please take a look at the following Kwiziq lesson where you will find your answer -

Using ''de / d' '' instead of 'des' in front of adjectives preceding nouns (partitive article)

Bonne Continuation!

Like03 years ago

Jim J.C1 Kwiziq Q&A super contributor

Hi Monireh,

It would be des bols where it not for the adjective nouveaux before the noun which requires de (adjective) bols. Bol in this case is considered to be a non-specific noun requiring an indefinite article.

Hope this helps.

Jim

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Monireh H. asked:

DE or DES

in this sentence: " J'ai acheté de nouveaux bols et de nouvelles assiettes " why use DE nouveaux bols.......... insteet of DES nouveaux .......

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