Word
Ce dont j'ai besoin, c'est d'une coloration, d'un soin et d'un brushing.
Meaning
What I need is a coloring, a treatment, and a blow-dry.
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Breakdown of Ce dont j'ai besoin, c'est d'une coloration, d'un soin et d'un brushing.
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a / an (feminine)
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Questions & Answers about Ce dont j'ai besoin, c'est d'une coloration, d'un soin et d'un brushing.
Why do we have to repeat d' before every single item in the list?
In French, the prepositions à, de, and en must be repeated before every noun in a series. Because the expression is avoir besoin de (to need), the preposition de (contracted to d' before a vowel sound) must appear before the coloring, the treatment, and the blow-dry. You cannot drop the preposition for the second and third items like we do in English.
Why is there a d' right after c'est in c'est d'une coloration? Couldn't we just say c'est une coloration?
Why does this sentence start with Ce dont instead of Ce que?
The relative pronoun dont replaces the object of the preposition de. Since the verb phrase is avoir besoin de, you must use dont to express "what I need" (literally "that of which I have need"). If the verb didn't require de, like vouloir (to want), you would use que: Ce que je veux.