Breakdown of Quitte à camper ici, nous cherchons de meilleures réductions.
ici
here
nous
we / us (object pronoun)
des
some (plural indefinite)
chercher
to look for
Questions & Answers about Quitte à camper ici, nous cherchons de meilleures réductions.
How exactly does quitte à work in this sentence?
Quitte à is used to express a risk or a concession, meaning "even if it means" or "at the risk of". It is always followed by an infinitive (here, camper) or a noun. It shows the speakers are willing to accept the extreme measure of camping to get those discounts.
Can quitte à be followed by a different subject and a conjugated verb?
No, quitte à is a prepositional phrase, so it must be followed by an infinitive or a noun. It implies that the subject taking the risk is the same as the subject of the main clause (nous). You cannot use it with que and a conjugated verb or the subjunctive.
Why does the sentence use de instead of des for "better discounts"?
In French, the plural indefinite article des usually changes to de when a plural adjective comes directly before a plural noun. Since the adjective meilleures comes before the noun réductions, des becomes de.
I always mix up meilleur and mieux. Why is it meilleures here?