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Questions & Answers about En el curso de filosofía hablamos del matrimonio, del divorcio y de otros temas de la vida real.
Why does the sentence use “En el curso de filosofía” instead of something like “En la clase de filosofía”?
Both are correct, but they don’t mean exactly the same:
curso = the whole course (the subject over a term/semester/year)
- En el curso de filosofía = In the philosophy course / On the philosophy course we…
It implies what generally happens on that course.
- En el curso de filosofía = In the philosophy course / On the philosophy course we…
clase = one class session or lesson
- En la clase de filosofía = In philosophy class (more like: in the actual lessons)
So “En el curso de filosofía hablamos…” suggests “as part of this course, we (usually) talk about…”, not just what happened in one specific lesson.
Why is it “hablamos de” and not “hablamos sobre”?
With hablar, both hablar de and hablar sobre are possible:
- hablar de algo = to talk about something (most common, completely neutral)
- hablar sobre algo = to talk about something (slightly more “topic-focused”, often interchangeable)
In this sentence:
“hablamos del matrimonio, del divorcio y de otros temas…”
de is the standard preposition used with hablar to introduce the topic.
You could also say:
- En el curso de filosofía hablamos sobre el matrimonio…
This is still correct; it just sounds a bit more like “we talk on the subject of marriage…”. But in everyday Spanish, hablar de is more frequent and natural.