Role of "des"

Gary B.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

I don't understand the construction of " j'avais des démangeaisons ". What is the role of "des"? It looks like a preposition between an auxiliary verb and a main verb. Or is "démangeaisons " a noun? It certainly looks like a verb. Thanks for any help.

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Maarten K.C1 Kwiziq Q&A super contributor Correct answer

Gary, ‘ démangeaison ‘ is a noun. Hence the article - ‘ des démangeaisons ‘.

There is also the verb ‘démanger’ - but none of the verb conjugations have the same form as the noun.

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

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

https://www.wordreference.com/conj/frverbs.aspx?v=démanger

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Gary B.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

THanks Maarten! Very concise and clear.

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Gary B. asked:

Role of "des"

I don't understand the construction of " j'avais des démangeaisons ". What is the role of "des"? It looks like a preposition between an auxiliary verb and a main verb. Or is "démangeaisons " a noun? It certainly looks like a verb. Thanks for any help.

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