"Les soldats ne sont pas des artistes."

Translation:The soldiers are not artists.

March 13, 2013

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https://www.duolingo.com/profile/cravatenamja

Why is "des" not "de" here after a negative construction?


https://www.duolingo.com/profile/patlaf

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


https://www.duolingo.com/profile/sylvietr

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.


https://www.duolingo.com/profile/AghaZC

Is this a quote from some famous french guy?


https://www.duolingo.com/profile/victorgijsbers

Seems to me that the opposite would be more quotable... "Soldiers are artists. They paint in blood and guts."


https://www.duolingo.com/profile/qwertyface

"Soldiers are artists. They paint in blood and guts." Pas mal


https://www.duolingo.com/profile/pietvo

Can this not be translated "soldiers are not artists"?


https://www.duolingo.com/profile/DLDoozey

I'm curious too as to why the article is required here.


https://www.duolingo.com/profile/organell

It was accepted today 2015-09-20.


https://www.duolingo.com/profile/CeciEstLaVie

'soldiers aren't artists' also accepted, 2015/9/22


https://www.duolingo.com/profile/BePolyglot

Shouldn't the sentence "The soldiers are no artists." be accepted?


https://www.duolingo.com/profile/j2thej

why not "the soldiers are no artists"?


https://www.duolingo.com/profile/helenhahahaha

Soldiers can also be artist

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