cuzinprime

[long spear]

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[warm dew]

It's the indefinite article "des".
It becomes "de" when placed directly before a plural adjective.

Ce sont des chaussures
Ce sont des chaussures chères
Ce sont des de petites chausssures

[visual gate]

but why de and not des

if its plural

is it a mistake

`?

[twilit sandal]

Kitties just explained

[visual gate]

OH

I WAS MISSREADING

ty

[warm dew]

lol

I was so confused

[visual gate]

so always when plural adjective

its de

and not des anymore

i see

[warm dew]

Correct. You'll still see/hear "des" occasionally in that position, it's not a rule that is always followed. It's followed in careful speech.

[visual gate]

okay so lets say i say j'aime de grosses femmes

its right? XD

[twilit sandal]

no because "grosses" would go after

and you wouldn't use "des / de" in any case, it would be "les"

[visual gate]

true wait

j'aime de grandes repas

[twilit sandal]

you'd use "les" in that case again

also repas is masculine

[visual gate]

omg im so stupid

okay one last try

j'aime de grandes bottes

i hope botte is feminim xd

is it right?

ce sont de grandes bottes

oh i got it now