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if you're asking if « dont » is used to replace the indirect object of « avoir besoin de » when joining two clauses together, then yes

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for example...

  • Le stylo bleu dont j'avais besoin a été volé.
    -# ** ** ("The blue pen that I needed was stolen.")
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although, if you're not asking about that, then perhaps make your question a bit clearer 👀

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tu as raison. merci

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keep in mind that it acts as an indefinite relative pronoun here

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originally, it was...

  • « Le stylo a été volé. »
  • « J'avais besoin du stylo. »
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in the second sentence, we replaced « le stylo » with « dont »

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and we got « Le stylo dont j'avais besoin a été volé. » by joining them together

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are you following?

rocky galleon
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well, in the sentence you provided

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it's a bit different

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cuz here, we're not actually replacing anything

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it's unclear or unknown what we're replacing

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since it could be anything

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we're saying « ...because inside you can find all of what you need »

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that's why we use the indefinite relative pronoun

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which is « ce dont »

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OHHHHHHHHHHH

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boom 💥

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i see

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lol

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it also happens with « que » and « qui »

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they have indefinite counterparts, which are « ce que » and « ce qui » respectively

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yep

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you want examples?

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alr

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for example...

  • « On ne sait pas ce dont elles parlaient. »
    -# ** ** ("We don't know what they were talking about.")
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in French, for "to talk about (something)", we say « parler de (quelque chose) »

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and since whatever they were talking about was not mentioned, we use « ce dont » here since it's indefinite

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makes sense?

rocky galleon
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hmm...

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i'm not sure what you mean here

rocky galleon
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maybe i'm wrong

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« ce qui » acts as the subject in a clause

  • e.g. Ce qui me dérange, c’est la saleté de ta chambre.
    -# ** ** ("What bothers me is the filthiness of your room.")
    -# ** **
    « ce que » acts as the direct object in a clause
  • e.g. J'aimerai tout ce que tu cuisineras.
    -# ** ** ("I will love all of what you will cook.")
    -# ** **
    « ce dont » acts as an indirect object with the preposition « de »
  • e.g. On doit juste savoir ce dont ils ont peur.
    -# ** ** ("We just need to know what they're afraid of.")
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maybe this is what you meant?

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alright then 👌

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do you get it?

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by the way, if you have an indirect object with a preposition other than « de », then you can use « (prép.) quoi »
the (prép.) part is basically the preposition you have

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for example...

  • « Vous allez me dire à quoi vous pensez? »
    -# ** ** ("Are you going to tell me what you were thinking?")
  • « Marie n’a pas encore trouvé avec quoi elle va écrire sa lettre. »
    -# ** ** ("Mary still didn't find what she's going to write her letter with.")
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