"Czy ty używasz mojej szczoteczki do zębów?"

Translation: Are you using my toothbrush?

[LuckyLucy]

This is one of the sentences I hope I will never have to use.

[warfreak2]

I thought I would never have to use "czy on je zupę widelcem?", but then I found myself in Poland actually eating soup with a fork.

[samrooney]

Oh that's your toothbrush? I was using it to scrub the toilet.

[Draugtaur]

ew

[JKWolf17]

No..

[CharlesWil604137]

Is this also right: "Why do you use my toothbrush?"

[alik1989]

Not as a translation. Why would be dlaczego or czemu.

[tteplyj]

Why 'szczoteczki do zębów' is singular - toothbrush?
Shouldn't it be plural?

[Jellei]

I guess that "szczoteczki" looks plural to you.

The verb "używać" (to use) takes a direct object in the Genitive case. "szczoteczki" here is Genitive singular.

Genitive singular of feminine nouns almost always is identical to their Nominative/Accusative plural forms. Yes, "szczoteczki" is also plural, just not in this sentence.

[duoitaliano]

So "używać" takes genitive, therefore you use "szczoteczki" (genitive singular). Why isn't "zebów" in the genitive singular (zęba)?

[alik1989]

"Szczoteczka do zębów" is literally a "brush for the teeth", not a "brush for the tooth".

[duoitaliano]

Dziękuję!

[alik1989]

I'm not sure what you mean. When brushing my teeth I usually find that one toothbrush is quite sufficient.

[pauly4it]

Would "Czy ty używasz moją szczoteczkę do zębów?" also be correct?