Les Autres vs Des Autres

Alasdair K.B1Kwiziq community member

Les Autres vs Des Autres

je ne connaissais pas les autres détails

 

'Autres' refers to 'détails', so is an adjective ('détails' being a noun)?

So shouldn't it be 'des autres'?

Asked 3 months ago
Chris W.C1 Kwiziq Q&A super contributor Correct answer

les autres details -- the other details

This is quite straightforward and parallels the English. Using an article would be interpreted as a partitive article:

des autres détails -- some (of the) other details
d'autres details -- other details

Alan G.C1 Kwiziq Q&A super contributor

I think that should be:

d'autres détails -- (some) other details (partitive des changes to de or d' before an adjective)

des autres détails -- of/about the other details (des = de + les, this is not a partitive)

Alasdair K. asked:

Les Autres vs Des Autres

je ne connaissais pas les autres détails

 

'Autres' refers to 'détails', so is an adjective ('détails' being a noun)?

So shouldn't it be 'des autres'?

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