why is it 'J'ai vu des endroits magnifiques'

Kelly D.A1Kwiziq community member

why is it 'J'ai vu des endroits magnifiques'

Wouldn't it be d'endroits magnifiques?

I feel as if the explanation is missing something because it is contradicting the same rules it is proposing, as I doubt it has the wrong answer?

This question relates to:French lesson ""Des" becomes " de/d' " in front of adjectives preceding nouns (French Partitive Articles)"

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CécileNative French expert teacher in KwiziqCorrect answer

Hi Kelly,

To put it simply and as explained in the lesson -

J’ai vu des endroits magnifiques

J’ai vu de magnifiques endroits

Hope this helps!

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Chris W.C1 Kwiziq Q&A super contributor

You might be confused about what is the noun (endroits) and what's the adjecitve (magnifiques). You simply have the partitive article (les), which contracts with "de":

J'ai vu des endroits magnifiques. -- I've seen some beautiful places.

But if the adjective is between "de" and the noun, you omit the article:

Il y avait de belles collines. -- There were some beautiful hills.

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