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How to Say ‘Lena talks about you a lot.’ in German

Lena erzählt viel von dir.

LAY-nah er-TSAILT feel fon deer

[LAY-nah er-TSAILT feel fon deer]

💬 Usage Tip: erzählen von is how you say "talk about" someone. Swap the person: Sie erzählt viel von ihm "She talks about him a lot."

Phrase Breakdown

Lena erzählt

LAY-nah er-TSAILT

Lena talks

'erzählen' means to tell. Stress -ZÄHLT.

Example

Lena erzählt gern Witze.

Lena likes telling jokes.

Words in this phrase

Lena

[LAY-nah]

Lena

A common German female first name.

Example

Lena kommt aus Berlin.

Lena is from Berlin.

erzählt

[er-TSAILT]

tells

Form of 'erzählen', to tell or recount.

Example

Er erzählt eine Geschichte.

He tells a story.

viel von dir.

feel fon deer

a lot about you.

'viel' sounds like 'feel'.

Example

Ich halte viel von dir.

I think highly of you.

Words in this phrase

viel

[feel]

a lot

Means often, much, or to a great extent depending on context.

Example

Die Kollegen helfen einander viel.

The colleagues help each other a lot.

von

[fon]

about

Preposition used with 'erzählen' to mean 'about'.

Example

Er erzählt von seiner Arbeit.

He talks about his work.

dir

[deer]

you (dative, informal)

Dative form of 'du', used after prepositions like 'von' and 'mit'.

Example

Ich komme mit dir.

I'm coming with you.

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