Questions & Answers about Parliamo del nostro amore.
What form is parliamo?
Parliamo is the 1st person plural form of the verb parlare (to speak / to talk) in the present indicative.
So grammatically, it means we speak or we talk.
- parlo = I speak
- parli = you speak
- parla = he/she speaks
- parliamo = we speak
- parlate = you all speak
- parlano = they speak
Why isn’t there a word for we in the sentence?
Because Italian often omits subject pronouns when they are clear from the verb form.
The ending -iamo already tells you the subject is we, so noi is not necessary.
- Parliamo del nostro amore = we talk about our love
- Noi parliamo del nostro amore = same idea, but noi adds emphasis or contrast
So Italian is a pro-drop language: the verb ending often gives enough information by itself.
Can parliamo also mean let’s talk?
Why do we use di after parlare?
Why is it del instead of di il?
Because in Italian, di + il contracts to del.
So:
- di + il = del
- di + lo = dello
- di + la = della
- di + i = dei
- di + gli = degli
- di + le = delle
Here, the full structure is:
- parliamo di il nostro amore → this is not how Italian says it
- correct Italian: parliamo del nostro amore
So del is just the normal contracted form.
Why is there an article before nostro amore?
Because Italian usually uses a definite article with a possessive adjective.
So Italian normally says:
After the preposition di, that becomes:
- di + il nostro amore → del nostro amore
A well-known exception is with many singular close family members:
- mia madre
- tuo fratello
But amore is not part of that exception, so the article stays.
Why is it nostro and not some other form?
Because nostro must agree with the noun it describes, not with the people who possess it.
The noun here is amore, which is masculine singular, so the possessive must also be masculine singular:
- nostro = masculine singular
- nostra = feminine singular
- nostri = masculine plural
- nostre = feminine plural
Examples:
Is amore masculine even though it ends in -e?
Yes. Amore is a masculine singular noun: l’amore / il nostro amore.
In Italian, nouns ending in -e can be either masculine or feminine, so you often have to learn their gender individually.
Here the article and possessive make the gender clear:
- il nostro amore → masculine singular
So you should remember amore as a masculine noun.
Is the word order fixed, or could it change?
The sentence Parliamo del nostro amore has a very natural, neutral word order.
Italian can change word order for emphasis, style, or poetry, but this version is the standard everyday one.
For example, you might sometimes hear something like:
- Del nostro amore parliamo dopo.
That puts emphasis on del nostro amore, but it is more marked. For a learner, Parliamo del nostro amore is the safest and most natural pattern to use.
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