"Sono fuori tema."

Translation: I am off topic.

[Overlordspam]

Is it the combination of fuori+tema here that gives the translation of "off topic" or can fuori mean "off" on its own?

[mukkapazza]

Well, yes and yes. Fuori can translate to off in other scenarios without tema but they too are rather idiomatic: to go off road / andare fuori strada, to 'off' someone / fare fuori qualcuno. Remember that prepositions don't always translate the way you'd expect them to. Learning to use them requires practice and memorization.

[Overlordspam]

It makes far more sense to me now. Thank you SO much for the help, hopefully I won't have to hear the "fare fuori qualcuno" anytime soon...

[Elena18]

Is it understood to be "io" unless you specify "loro"? Or could it be either? Grazie!

[mukkapazza]

Either works unless there's something in the sentence that specifies otherwise, such as an adjective that ends in -i. Here, you can use both.

[xyphax]

Why can't it translate to 'I am afraid of the outside'?

[alice61]

I also wrote"i am afraid of outside can someone explain what "I am off topic" means as it makes no sense at all in English. "

[xyphax]

Oh, are you not a native English speaker? off topic means you are no longer talking about the main, or original, topic in a conversation .. your conversation has drifted to talking about something else. Now I finally understand the Italian sentence ... 'sono fuori tema' literally is 'I am outside the theme' which is essentially what off topic means.

[G.Yatras]

This makes no sense in English (To me anyway and I am a native English speaker)..You would say I am off THE topic.Stating that you have drifted to another subject. Wouldn't you?

[alciebell]

I'm in Canada and being "off topic" sounds perfectly normal. Of course, you'd be more likely to be accusing someone else of being off topic...

[ArcherGail]

This is one of the most bizarre sentences Duolingo has come up with ! I don't think I have ever heard an English person use this and I am English !!