"What will it be about?"

Translation: Wovon wird er handeln?

[marziotta]

Can "What will it be about?" be translated as "Was wird es darüber sein?"?

[Menschenkind]

Not quite, that would be "Worüber wird es sein?", but that sounds a awkward in most cases. "Worum wird es gehen?" isn't as literal, but better. Without context, it's probably a little hard to say anything binding.

[marziotta]

Thanksthanksthanks.

[ohookins]

So why "wovon" rather than "worüber"? If a conversation is about something, I usually understand it to require the "über" preposition.

[Lenkvist]

Why is it er and not es?

[Menschenkind]

Er – der Essay, der Aufsatz, der Vortrag. The constantly recurring problem with personal pronouns and similar words, they appear out of nowhere and are fully interchangable in these examples, but always cause confusion.

[marziotta]

Why don't you reply to my question even if you drop by here? :(

[Menschenkind]

Sorry, I really didn't notice.

[marziotta]

I didn't want to sound mean, sorry.