de Before a Plural Adjective
De comes before a plural adjective: de bons amics, de bèlas jornadas.
How It Works
| Pattern | Example |
|---|---|
| noun alone | Ai d'amics a Tolosa. |
| adjective first | Ai de bons amics a Tolosa. |
| feminine | Joan cròmpa de bèlas flors. |
| after pas | Ai pas de bons amics a Albi. |
The adjective agrees with the noun in gender and number: bons for a masculine plural, bonas for a feminine plural.
With a definite article, de is replaced: los bons amics, las bèlas flors. The pattern with de is for something indefinite: some good friends, beautiful flowers.
The word autres follows the same rule: Joan a d'autres amics a Rodés.
Examples (5)
- Ai de bons amics a Tolosa.
I have good friends in Toulouse.
De goes before the plural adjective bons.
- Joan cròmpa de bèlas flors per Maria.
Joan buys beautiful flowers for Maria.
De bèlas flors has no article.
- Aquesta vila a de pichòtas carrièras.
This town has small streets.
De pichòtas carrièras follows a verb.
- Dins lo pargue, i a de grands arbres.
In the park, there are big trees.
I a de grands arbres uses the same pattern.
- Ai pas de bons amics a Albi.
I do not have good friends in Albi.
After pas, de stays and the article is gone.
Common Mistakes
Using the French des.
Ai des bons amics a Tolosa.Ai de bons amics a Tolosa.Des is French. Occitan uses de.
Leaving the adjective in the singular.
Ai de bon amics a Tolosa.Ai de bons amics a Tolosa.The adjective agrees with the plural noun: bons.
How It Connects
Learn This First
De before a plural adjective builds on the partitive de, adjectives before the noun and the plural adjectives, so those come first.
- Common Adjectives Before the Noun
Know adjectives before the noun, because the plural adjective stands before it: de bons amics.
Level 2 - Partitive de
Know the partitive de, because de replaces the plural article: de bèlas flors.
Level 2 - Adjective Plurals
Know the plural of adjectives, because the adjective after de is plural: de grands arbres.
Level 1
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