Je parle de mon futur travail.

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Breakdown of Je parle de mon futur travail.

• mon: my (before a masculine singular noun)
• parler: to speak, to talk
• le travail: the job

Questions & Answers about Je parle de mon futur travail.

Why is it parle de and not parle à or just parle mon futur travail?

In French, parler needs a preposition:

• parler à quelqu’un = to speak to someone
  
  • Example: Je parle à mon patron. = I am speaking to my boss.
• parler de quelque chose = to talk about something
  
  • Example: Je parle de mon futur travail. = I am talking about my future job.

You cannot say parler quelque chose the way you can say to discuss something in English. Parler almost always needs à or de after it.

Parler sur exists but is rare and tends to mean to speak badly about / to gossip about, not the neutral to talk about.

Is Je parle more like I speak or I am speaking in English?

It can correspond to both, depending on context.

French has only one present tense form here (je parle), and it can translate as:

• I speak about my future job. (general, habitual)
• I am speaking about my future job. (right now)

Context usually makes it clear. In isolation, Je parle de mon futur travail is most naturally understood as I am talking about my future job.