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Speaks Polish?: Uczę się języka polskiego, ale mówię trochę po polsku.

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mjhowie1992   
16 Jul 2011
Language / Słuchać + G usage in song titles. [5]

Hello,

As the verb "słuchać" must be combined with a noun in the Genitive case, how can one say, "I am listening to ..." properly when many song titles don't always allow this easily?

I mean, it is obviously proper grammar to say "Czego słuchasz", and I even did a Google search using that phrase against "Co słuchasz", and the former turned up with many more hits.

So, how can I continue the proper usage of this construction? I suppose that it is possible to say "Słucham Mazurka Dąbrowskiego", but how can one say "Słucham (Niech mówią, że to nie jest miłość)"?

I would like to know how this can be properly used in other verb constructions which require the use of the Genitive case, np. "szukać".

Kind regards
mjhowie1992   
17 Jul 2011
Language / Słuchać + G usage in song titles. [5]

co słuchasz is colloquial and incorrect.

I figured that "czego słuchasz" was the proper form, so I think that I'll have to tell my Polish friend that! He grew up here in Australia in a Polish family, but has never visited Poland, yet.

And thank you, jyjkhfa, for explaining this to me from a Polak's point of view.

And also, thank you for helping me sound a bit more native in my sentence formation! haha