"Je préfère me souvenir seulement des bons moments."

Translation: I prefer to remember only good times.

[kshamashas]

I prefer to remember only good moments. Why is this wrong? I replaced times with moments

[Poef9]

Probably I missed a grammar lesson, but why isn't it "de bons moments"? I though the s in "des" should be omitted when the plural noun is preceded by an adjective.

[Poef9]

Yesterday I came across a two seemingly relevant discussions

https://forum.duolingo.com/comment/28731986

https://forum.duolingo.com/comment/31835192

The verb is "se souvenir de" if that is followed by "les bons moments" or "de bons moments". In the former case, you would get "se souvenir des (de+les) bons moments". In the latter I am not so sure what de+de+les becomes in "se souvenir (de + de + les=?) bons moments". I'll try to find out.

[Sitesurf]

Se souvenir des (= de+les) bons moments = remember the good times (plural of "the good time").

Se souvenir de (= de+des) bons moments = remember (some) good times (plural of "a good time").

[david29452]

Hmm...then it seems like the english is wrong - it should be "the good times"

[LorraineMa991360]

In total agreement with you David. After all as a native British English speaker I would say "Let the good times roll.", not "Let good times roll ".

[Mary243529]

Merci beaucoup-for the explanation. I understand it now.

[CSA_GW]

1. I thought this would require some specific descriptions on "moments"?

2. Does this rule apply to ONLY "se souvenir DE+LES"? Are there any other similar cases?

[Netto_JM]

I also thought that was the case.

[ElijahPhir]

But why is moments not accepted ?

[GarethHanc1]

I thought the same as Poef9. Please explain the reason for using des here.

[deactivated user]

Per Sitesurf: Se souvenir des (= de+les) bons moments = remember the good times (plural of "the good time").
Se souvenir de (= de+des) bons moments = remember (some) good times (plural of "a good time").

Accordingly, "...des bons moments" translates to "only [the] good times", which makes more sense than "only some good times".

[-BigWayne19-]

-------- what happened to "my " ? . . .

Big 28 jul 20

[Sitesurf]

"My"?

[-BigWayne19-]

I prefer to remember only good times.

i prefer: i prefer to remember only my good times . . .

je ME souviens .

[--Roody--]

Me is the reflexive pronoun. It doesn't mean "my".

[donnadeeley]

interesting use of de vs des

[Sitesurf]

This "des" is not the plural of "un" but the contraction of "de + les" = of the

[Michael803627]

Lol, said every alcoholic I know.