Breakdown of Guardo un video sul mio telefono.
un
a / an (masculine)
il telefono
the phone
mio
my
guardare
to look at / to watch
sul
on the; about the (su + il)
il video
the video
Questions & Answers about Guardo un video sul mio telefono.
How can I change this sentence to use right dislocation, meaning 'I watch it on my phone, the video'?
You would use the direct object pronoun lo to anticipate the object, and place the noun at the very end: Lo guardo sul mio telefono, il video. Notice that we changed un video to il video because right dislocation is generally used to emphasize specific, already-known objects rather than generic ones.
Why do we use sul instead of just su before mio telefono?
In Italian, possessive adjectives usually require a definite article. Since telefono is masculine singular, it takes il mio. When you combine the preposition su (on) with il, they merge into the articulated preposition sul.
Why do we use su (on) instead of in (in) for a phone?
Just like in English, Italians use the equivalent of 'on' (su) when talking about screens, media, and devices. You watch a video sul telefono, sul televisore (on the TV), or su internet.
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