Word
Se i giornalisti scrivono dello scandalo, ne parleremo.
Meaning
If the journalists write about the scandal, we will talk about it.
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Breakdown of Se i giornalisti scrivono dello scandalo, ne parleremo.
di
of, from
parlare
to speak / to talk
scrivere
to write
se
if
Questions & Answers about Se i giornalisti scrivono dello scandalo, ne parleremo.
Why do we use ne here instead of lo to mean "it"?
Why does the sentence use dello scandalo instead of sullo scandalo?
While su can mean "on" or "about" a topic, verbs like scrivere (to write) and parlare (to talk) very frequently pair with the preposition di to mean "about." The word dello is simply the preposition di combined with the definite article lo, which is used because scandalo starts with s + consonant.
Why is it i giornalisti? Doesn't the singular word giornalista end in an -a, which usually makes it feminine?
Nouns ending in -ista (like giornalista or dentista) are special. In the singular, they end in -a for both men and women. But in the plural, they change to match the gender: masculine becomes -isti (i giornalisti) and feminine becomes -iste (le giornaliste). Here, the masculine plural is used for a mixed or general group.