Breakdown of Hablamos sobre la película.
hablar
to speak / to talk
la película
the movie
sobre
on / over / about (a topic)
Elon.io is an online learning platform
We have an entire course teaching Spanish (Latin America) grammar and vocabulary.
Questions & Answers about Hablamos sobre la película.
Wait, doesn't sobre usually mean "on" or "over" as a preposition of place?
It can! As a preposition of place, sobre means "on" or "on top of" (like el libro está sobre la mesa). But when used with verbs of communication or thinking, sobre translates to "about."
Since we are learning complex prepositions like encima de, should I add de and say sobre de?
No, sobre works all by itself. Unlike the complex prepositions of place you are learning (encima de, debajo de, etc.), sobre does not need de to connect it to the noun. It is just sobre la película.
Could I use de instead of sobre to say "about"?
Is hablamos present or past tense here?
It could be either! For regular -ar verbs like hablar, the "we" form is exactly the same in both the present tense (hablamos = we talk) and the simple past tense (hablamos = we talked). You have to rely on context to know if the conversation is happening now or already happened.