"There are small jackets."
Translation:Il y a de petites vestes.
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When there is an adjective before the noun, 'de' is used instead of 'des'. So for example, it is 'des vestes blanches' (adj. after noun) and 'de petites vestes' (adj. before noun).
Another way of saying this is that "des" is only used immediately before the noun:
- des personnes - some people
- des personnes importantes - some important people
- de grandes personnes - some tall people
- de grandes personnes importantes - some important tall people
When there is an adjective before the noun, 'de' is used instead of 'des'. So for example, it is 'des vestes blanches' (adj. after noun) and 'de petites vestes' (adj. before noun).
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Why is it 'Il y a de petites vestes' and not 'Il y a des vestes petites'??
There are some frequently used adjectives that go before the noun in stead of after. E.g. Haut, gros, nouveau, bon, and also petit. You can look these adjectives up on the internet.
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I used 'vestes' but DL marked it wrong and says I should have put 'blousons'. This word has not come up before. On the Comments page it gives the answer as 'vestes'.
When this happens, please copy/paste the entire sentence you typed. The error message suggests one of many possible answers, not the only possible answer. There may have been an error elsewhere in your sentence which had nothing to do with your choice of noun.
"Ce sont" means means "these are."
If you want to get philosophical about the difference between "there are" and "these are", I'd say it's the difference between whether or not you have something to point at.
