Word
Parlo con il capo durante la riunione.
Meaning
I talk with the boss during the meeting.
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Breakdown of Parlo con il capo durante la riunione.
io
I
con
with
parlare
to talk
durante
during
la riunione
the meeting
il capo
the boss
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Questions & Answers about Parlo con il capo durante la riunione.
Why is parlo in the first-person singular form?
Parlo is the present indicative conjugation of parlare for io (I). It indicates that the speaker is referring to themselves as they speak.
Why do we say con il capo rather than con capo?
Italian requires an article before most nouns. Il is the masculine singular definite article matching capo, which is a masculine noun meaning boss or head.
Can durante be replaced with a different preposition?
Not exactly. Durante specifically indicates that something happens throughout an event or time period. Other prepositions might change the meaning. For instance, mentre can mean while, but it usually introduces a clause with a subject and a verb, rather than a noun.
Why is la riunione used instead of riunione without the article?
Like capo, riunione needs a definite article if it's a specific meeting. If it were a general reference (e.g., “a meeting”), you would use una riunione. Here, la riunione indicates a particular meeting the speaker and listener know about.
How would this sentence change if someone else is speaking about themselves?
The verb form would change accordingly. For example, if tu (you) were speaking, you’d say parli con il capo durante la riunione; if loro (they) were speaking, it would be parlano con il capo durante la riunione, and so on.
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