FR: faire des/différentes activités

[FreddieFirebird]

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From reading [this thread], it seems that "faire" can be used with most any sport or activity.
Is "faire des activités" correct in the plural ? If I want to add "different activities" could I say "faire de différentes activités"? Context- we do different activities depending on the weather.

My thinking is I changed 'des activités' to 'de différentes activités' because I am following the rule that when you use a preceding adjective, "des" becomes "de".

 

[Maître Capello]

We indeed say: faire des activités.

We also usually change des to de in front of adjectives; see FR: de/des + adjectif + nom au pluriel.

Thus we say: faire de nombreuses activités.

However, we drop the article if adding the adjective différent, which behaves… well… differently! As a matter of fact, it is no longer an adjective – it is a determiner.

faire de différentes activités
faire différentes activités

For more details, see FR: (de) différents + nom au pluriel.

 

[FreddieFirebird]

sometimes I just want to cry at French.
Thanks for such a good explanation, the links, and for making this a new thread!