Protip: ‘de’ or ‘des’ before adjectives?

Protips: The little things you learn to pro up your French

Normally, plural nouns modified by adjectives are qualified with the articles les and des:

Il aime les voitures rouges – He likes red cars

Mes amis ont des voitures rouges – My friends have red cars

When the adjective appears before the noun, de replaces des:

Elle m’a donné de bons conseils pour me faire des amis – She gave me some good advice/tips for making friends

Il y a de belles maisons dans ce quartier – There are nice houses in this suburb

J’ai de bonnes nouvelles pour toi – I have good news for you

Les remains the same even when the adjective appears before the noun:

Les bonnes personnes dans ce monde sont trop peu nombreuses – There are too few good people in this world

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