Hi everyone! I’m Alisha. |
Welcome to Conversational Phrases! |
We’ve found that the best way to learn a language is to speak it from day one! And the best way to start speaking is to learn phrases that you’ll use in real conversations. |
In this lesson, you’ll learn conversational phrases to answer the question, "What are you going to talk about?" After watching this video, you’ll be able to introduce a topic you want to talk about. |
Now, let’s take a look at some conversational phrases! |
Listen to the dialogue. |
Di che cosa parlerà? |
Parlerò dei miei hobby. |
Once more with the English translation. |
Di che cosa parlerà? |
“What are you going to talk about?” |
Parlerò dei miei hobby. |
“I'm going to talk about my hobbies.” |
First of all you'll need to learn how to say “What are you going to talk about?” |
That's: Di che cosa parlerà? |
Listen to it again: Di che cosa parlerà?, Di che cosa parlerà? |
“What are you going to talk about?” |
This Italian sentence literally translates as “Of what will you talk?” |
But it means “What are you going to talk about?”. |
Now, how do you answer this question? |
The pattern is: |
Parlerò di [topic]. |
“I'm going to talk about [topic].” |
This Italian sentence literally translates as “I will talk of [topic].” |
But it means “I'm going to talk about [topic].”. |
For example: |
“I'm going to talk about my hobbies.” |
Parlerò dei miei hobby., Parlerò dei miei hobby. |
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