Related to this lesson in a way: "d'objets"?

Okpeta J.B2Kwiziq community member

Related to this lesson in a way: "d'objets"?

Hello, i am struggling to understand this construction: ces drôles de choses; ces drôles d'objets. Can anyone help with the grammar reasoning behind it or the link to a lesson on this?

Merci.

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Jim J.C1 Kwiziq Q&A super contributor Correct answer

Salut Okpeta,

"ces drôles de choses; ces drôles d'objects."   In the sense: These strangest of preposition (de / d') -----

"These strange (bizarre) things; these strange (bizarre) objects."

Where "ces" is a demonstrative plural adjective relating to the plural nouns

https://www.wordreference.com/fren/ces

Hope that this helps.

Bonne continuation

Jim

Anne D.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

It’s a bit dated, but in UK English one might say "a funny sort/kind of + noun" to express the same idea. Doesn’t really work for plurals, though.

Related to this lesson in a way: "d'objets"?

Hello, i am struggling to understand this construction: ces drôles de choses; ces drôles d'objets. Can anyone help with the grammar reasoning behind it or the link to a lesson on this?

Merci.

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