I recently came across a brilliant question asked by @David680268 :
Hi all,
Is the following sentence wrong?
Elle a acheté des petits coussins ronds pour mettre sur le canapé.
Duo wants "de" instead of "des".
I know that I have to use "de" instead of "des" for quantities such as
"beaucoup de coussins" etc., but I am not sure here.One person in the (somewhat chaotic) sentence discussion said that she was French and would say "des".
Thanks!
edited: to read the well considered and interesting response by David, check out here
In Duolingo, and in many other French courses you learn :
Un and une become des when you are talking about more than one thing. In English, we can just say cats, but in French you have to say des chats.
Also see:
Though there is a little more to this.
des becomes de/d’ when in front of adjectives that precede plural nouns.
Check out Unit 62 Describe what's in your home, talk about art :
viewtopic.php?p=35678-unit-62-describe- ... art#p35678
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The locked Duolingo sentence discussion on this sentence : https://forum.duolingo.com/comment/3219 ... -the-couch