Learn Spanish (Latin America): Ellos hablan de mí.

Ellos hablan de mí.

They are talking about me.

Breakdown of Ellos hablan de mí.

Questions & Answers about Ellos hablan de mí.

Why is it mí instead of yo or me?

In Spanish, after prepositions like de (of/about), para (for), or a (to), you must use a special set of pronouns. For "me", this word is mí. You can't use yo because that is only for the subject doing the action, and me is generally used right before verbs to show who receives an action.

Why does mí have an accent mark?

The accent mark is there just to tell it apart in writing from the word mi without an accent, which means "my" (like in mi casa). They sound exactly the same when spoken out loud!

Doesn't de usually mean "from" or "of"? Why is it translated as "about" here?

You are right! However, when you use de after verbs that involve communicating or thinking, like hablar (to talk), it translates naturally to "about" in English. You can literally think of it as "they speak of me."

Can Ellos hablan also mean "They talk"?

Yes! The simple present tense in Spanish covers both "they talk" and "they are talking." You can use Ellos hablan de mí to mean they talk about you in general, or that they are talking about you right at this very moment.