ewan6950

[austere talon]

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[signal mulch]

de bon means for good

or for real

de bon is an adverbial structure so de on its own doesn't have a meaning

[weak linden]

Ah okay, thank you. I'm trying to get used to usin ''de'' in sentences other than ''of, from'' etc

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Erm, I would have to disagree with danla, it's just the partitive article here. So, the partitive consists of the preposition « de » plus the definite article:
de + le/la/les -> du/de la/des
It's just that when an adjective is placed between the partitive and the noun, the partitive loses its definite article.
Example:
« Nous sommes devenus des collègues »
We have become colleagues
« Nous sommes devenus de bons collègues »
We have become good colleagues.
« Nous sommes devenus des collègues géniaux »
We have become great colleagues

[minor bramble]

@weak linden
https://french.kwiziq.com/revision/grammar/use-de-d-instead-of-des-in-front-of-adjectives-preceding-nouns-partitive-article

[weak linden]

Thanks for the in depth answer. My French is progressing but “de” is still something I’m learning more on. Your sentences do make sense to me and I’ll have to research more

[weak linden]

I’ll be sure to check this out, thanks!

[minor bramble]

For future reference, 'for good' would be « pour de bon »

« Elle est partie pour de bon. »
(She has left for good)

[signal mulch]

damn, you're right

i didn't really pay attention

[supple valley]

For good would be pour de bon

Bruh

[signal mulch]

yes bertie already pointed it out