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Ce jeune acteur a le talent dont nous rêvons.

Ce jeune acteur a le talent dont nous rêvons.
This young actor has the talent we dream of.
From Lesson 165:Relative pronouns with 'de' verbs (dont)·French

Questions & Answers about Ce jeune acteur a le talent dont nous rêvons.

Why is dont used here instead of que?
In French, the verb for "to dream of" is rêver de. The relative pronoun dont is used specifically to replace the object of a verb that takes the preposition de. Because we are talking about "the talent that we dream of", we must use dont.
The English translation ends with the preposition "of". Where is that in the French sentence?
In French, you can never end a sentence with a preposition! The "of" is actually built right into the word dont. You can think of dont as meaning "of which" (literally: "the talent of which we dream").
In English, we just say "the talent we dream of", leaving out words like "that" or "which". Can we leave out dont in French?
No, in French you can never skip the relative pronoun. Even though English happily drops "that" or "which" in phrases like "the talent [that] we dream of", French strictly requires the dont to connect the two halves of the sentence.
Why does jeune come before acteur instead of after it?
Most French adjectives come after the noun they describe, but jeune is an exception. It belongs to the "BAGS" group of adjectives (Beauty, Age, Goodness, Size) which are placed before the noun. Since jeune describes Age, it goes before acteur.

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