Bonjour, I ran into a sentence on a youtube video. "Elle adore travailler avec les enfants et les aide à apprendre de nouvelle chose. My question is why "DE" used with the verb apprendre in this sentence. "Apprendre de" means learn something from someone/something but this definition doesn't correspond the meaning of apprendre in this sentence. What is the function of this "DE" in this sentence.
Merci..
Hello, the “de” here is only used as a replacement for “des” but if des, du or de la come before an adjective before a verb then they become de. The same is true for those pronouns after a negation. Elle a de (des) nouveaux chapeaux = she has some new hats. Elle n’a pas de (des) chapeaux = she doesn’t have any hats
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