"Les soldats ne sont pas des artistes."
Translation:The soldiers are not artists.
March 13, 2013
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patlaf
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That doesn't apply to a negations of the verb ĂȘtre
See point 4 here: http://french.about.com/od/grammar/a/de-vs-du-de-la-des_2.htm
sylvietr
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Thanks for your question, cravatenmja, and thanks for the link patlaf! Although I use it correctly (out of habit), I didn't realize there was a distinction or a rule, so this is helpful.