"I hear this man."
Translation:Słyszę tego mężczyznę.
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Yep. Could be a dialect or maybe that’s how it sounded to me from back in the 50s and 60s or maybe my Australian accent has taken over
It is the Accusative form, which is needed for the direct object of the verb "słyszeć".
"Mężczyzna" is masculine (although it ends with "-a"), "tę" would be used with feminine nouns. E.g. "Słyszę tego mężczyznę. Słyszę tę kobietę" = "I hear this man. I hear this woman".
When talking about one, specific man, "człowiek" is usually a perfect synonym of "mężczyzna".
is there no such word as slyszym (i know the l has the stroke ). Thanks ,George .
No, not in standard language. Someone could say that for fun, or perhaps it's dialectal, but definitely not standard.
Słyszym might have been an archaic declension for the first person plural in the 18/19th century.
Przejdziem Wisłę, przejdziem Wartę, Będziem Polakami. Dał nam przykład Bonaparte, Jak zwyciężać mamy.
That's from the Polish National Anthem.
I give up. Gotta take a break. These lessons and repetitions are not helping me understand all thisbten, ta, to, czu, tego, tamtego, tamci....ay ay ay!