Please clear my doubt regarding the French "de"

Babit L.A2Kwiziq community member

Please clear my doubt regarding the French "de"

While attempting a kwiziq test, I came accross this:

Je viens de Hong Kong.

Et

Je viens d'Ottawa.

Why the de with hong kong do not change  to d' ...This seems contrasting to the rule I studied about 'les prepositions de lieux'


Asked 4 years ago
CécileKwiziq team memberCorrect answer

Hi Babit, 

Please take a look at my answer to the same question -

https://progress.lawlessfrench.com/questions/view/pourquoi-il-n-est-pas-je-viens-d-hong-kong

 

 

Please clear my doubt regarding the French "de"

While attempting a kwiziq test, I came accross this:

Je viens de Hong Kong.

Et

Je viens d'Ottawa.

Why the de with hong kong do not change  to d' ...This seems contrasting to the rule I studied about 'les prepositions de lieux'


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