"Słuchasz chłopca."

Translation: You are listening to the boy.

[manuna84]

Why is "you are listening a boy" wrong ?

[kjoglekar]

In English the verb 'listen' is usually followed by the preposition 'to'.

[NickFleck]

Here I typed what I knew the answer to be, not what I heard. Perhaps it is my hearing, but it sounded again and again when spoken regularly: kota. Oh well. I try not to listen to the slow speaking.