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J'ajoute quelques carottes dans la soupe.

J'ajoute quelques carottes dans la soupe.
I add a few carrots to the soup.
From Lesson 47:Expressions of quantity (un peu de, beaucoup de)·French

Questions & Answers about J'ajoute quelques carottes dans la soupe.

The lesson is about un peu de and beaucoup de. Why is there no de after quelques?
Unlike quantity expressions such as un peu de (a little) or beaucoup de (a lot), quelques is an adjective meaning "a few". It goes directly before the noun, so you say quelques carottes, never quelques de carottes.
Could I use un peu de instead of quelques for the carrots?
It sounds less natural. Quelques means "a few" and is used for things you can easily count, like individual carrots. Un peu de means "a little" and is much better for uncountable things, like un peu de soupe (a little soup) or un peu de sel (a little salt).
The English translation says "to the soup", but doesn't dans mean "in"?
Yes, dans means "in" or "into". When cooking in French, you physically put ingredients into the dish, so you use dans even though English prefers to say "add to".
Why is it written as J'ajoute instead of Je ajoute?
The verb ajoute starts with a vowel. When short words like je (I) come right before a vowel sound, they drop the letter e and attach with an apostrophe. This makes the sentence flow much smoother when spoken out loud.

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