"Elles écrivent de longues lettres."
Translation:They write long letters.
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"des" becomes "de":
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in front of an adjective: des lettres longues / de longues lettres
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with an expression of quantity: peu de, autant de, plus de, beaucoup de.....
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in a negative sentence: ne... pas, ne... plus, ne... jamais: ils n'écrivent pas de lettre(s)
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with verbs constructed with preposition "de": je parle de lettres, as the plural of je parle d'une lettre (of a letter / of letters)
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Would "deux longues lettres" be a correct expression and should I be able to hear the difference between "de" and "deux"?
"Deux longues lettres" is grammatically correct.
You should hear the difference in the sound of "deux" vs "de" here:
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The audio is very muddy. Could not hear the v in écrivent and there was no liason after "elles," which would have allowed me to intuit the v.