Posts by mjhowie1992

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

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