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How to Say ‘I want to talk about the pizza delivery guy.’ in Italian

Voglio parlare del ragazzo delle pizze.

VOHL-yoh par-LAH-reh del rah-GAHT-tsoh DEL-leh PEET-tseh

[VOHL-yoh par-LAH-reh del rah-GAHT-tsoh DEL-leh PEET-tseh]

💬 Usage Tip: "Talk about" is parlare di, and di + il merges into del. Same pattern: parlare del lavoro "talk about work".

Phrase Breakdown

Voglio parlare

VOHL-yoh par-LAH-reh

I want to talk

'Voglio' (I want) is followed by an infinitive. Say 'gli' like the 'lli' in 'million': VOH-lyoh.

Example

Voglio parlare con te.

I want to talk with you.

Words in this phrase

Voglio

[VOHL-yoh]

I want

First-person singular of volere, meaning 'I want'.

Example

Voglio andare in centro. Voglio visitare il Duomo.

I want to go downtown. I want to visit the cathedral.

parlare

[par-LAH-reh]

to speak

Infinitive verb meaning 'to speak' or 'to talk.'

Example

Mi piace parlare con voi dopo cena.

I like talking with you after dinner.

del ragazzo

del rah-GAHT-tsoh

about the boy

'Del' combines 'di' and 'il'. After 'parlare', it means 'about'.

Example

Parliamo del ragazzo.

Let's talk about the boy.

Words in this phrase

del

[del]

Of the

Used to indicate belonging or the nature of something.

Example

Il re del mondo.

The king of the world.

ragazzo

[rah-GAHT-tsoh]

boy / guy

A young man or boy.

Example

Il ragazzo porta la pizza.

The guy brings the pizza.

delle pizze.

DEL-leh PEET-tseh

of the pizzas (the pizza delivery boy)

Together, 'il ragazzo delle pizze' means the pizza boy. Stress the first syllable of 'pizze'.

Example

Il ragazzo delle pizze è arrivato.

The pizza boy has arrived.

Words in this phrase

delle

[DEL-leh]

of the (feminine plural)

Di + le, used before feminine plural nouns.

Example

Il profumo delle rose.

The scent of the roses.

pizze

[PEET-tseh]

pizzas

Plural of pizza.

Example

Ordiniamo due pizze.

Let's order two pizzas.

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