"Prawnik słucha sędziego."

Translation: The lawyer is listening to the judge.

[Rosencrantz247]

sędziego seems like the declension of an adjective (dobrego, mojego, itd). Why is it used for this noun? Do all its cases decline as an adjective? -> sędzich vs sędziów, sędziemu vs sędziu itd?

[Emwue]

Yes, "sędzia" is one of the few Polish nouns that use adjective declension - other example would be "hrabia".

[Amanesse77]

Is it just me or "sędziego" sounds like "sędzięgo"?

[Rosencrantz247]

just you

[zagadka314]

I agree with you, Andffil

[zagadka314]

I think the audio is really bad on this one

[Tetyana520488]

When we say it in Polish, "sędziego", do we talk about a male judge or it could be said about a female as well? Thanks!

[Jellei]

A male one. A woman "sędzia" has the Genitive form "sędzi".

I believe many Polish people would have problems here as well...

[Tetyana520488]

Once more please: "sędzia" could be said about both of male and female, right? But it has a difference in Genitive form. We'll say "sędziego" about a man and "sędzi" about a woman. Is it right?

[Jellei]

Yes.

[CHARDRON]

sędziego seems to be an adjective but it is a noun!

[alik1989]

I can see two possible interpretations. It's either a noun that uses an adjective declension pattern, or it's an adjective that semantically functions as a noun.

[Jellei]

As the adjective "sędziowski" exists, I don't believe it's the second one.

[ivo_d_a]

why is "a lawyer" considered wrong in this sentence?

[immery]

should be accepted now.

[ivo_d_a]

ok, thanks!

[jsanch12]

Can't 'hearing' be used instead of 'listening'?

[Rosencrantz247]

That would be 'Prawnik słyszy....'

[jsanch12]

Thanks!

[AndriaG1]

Oh, I thought "obey" was being added for "słuchać" ?

[Jellei]

If you report it in the comments, I guess I can add it. Added here.