Why de grands hommes and not des grands hommes..?

GloriaA1Kwiziq community member

Why de grands hommes and not des grands hommes..?

Asked 6 years ago
RonC1 Kwiziq Q&A super contributor Correct answer
Bonjour Gloria,
Here is the lesson that addresses this exact scenario:
"Des" becomes " de/d' " in front of adjectives preceding nouns (French Partitive Articles)">"Des" becomes " de/d' " in front of adjectives preceding nouns (French Partitive Articles)

In short, des is the contracted version of de + les .
Bonne chance.

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