Breakdown of Le présentateur, dont le but est d'expliquer l'économie, parle aux téléspectateurs.
être
to be
parler
to speak
aux
to the, at the (plural) / with (flavoured with, in dish names) / with (having as a feature)
expliquer
to explain
le but
the goal
dont
whose / about which / of which
de
to (introducing an infinitive after a verb)
le présentateur
the presenter
l'économie
the economy (f)
le téléspectateur
the viewer
Questions & Answers about Le présentateur, dont le but est d'expliquer l'économie, parle aux téléspectateurs.
Why do we use dont here instead of qui or que?
Why is there a d' in est d'expliquer? Can I just say est expliquer?
Why does the sentence use aux téléspectateurs?
In French, you speak 'to' someone, which means the verb parler requires the preposition à (parler à quelqu'un). Because 'the viewers' is plural (les téléspectateurs), the à and the les combine into the mandatory contraction aux.
Could we use this lesson's target phrase, il s'agit de, to say something similar?
Yes! Since il s'agit de means 'it is about' or 'it is a matter of', you could rephrase the sentence to say: Le présentateur parle aux téléspectateurs, et il s'agit d'expliquer l'économie (The presenter speaks to the viewers, and it is a matter of explaining the economy). The original sentence uses dont le but est de ('whose goal is to'), which is just a slightly more specific way to express his intention.
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