"Am I hearing a cat?"

Translation: Czy ja słyszę kota?

[ChrisRzech]

Słyszę vs. Słyszą?

[mihxal]

Ja słyszę - I hear

Oni/One słyszą - They hear

[Maxine42811]

Why is "kota" used instead of "kot"

[Jellei]

"słyszeć" (to hear) takes Accusative, and the Accusative form of "kot" is "kota".

[fkuro]

Why cant I omit "ja" in this sentence?

[Jellei]

You can, it should have worked. Although in such an unsual construction, I would recommend leaving it here.

[DerrickMcClure1]

This question doesn't refer to this example exclusively, but what I can't gather is - are personal pronouns used as a rule in Polish, or not? My assumption, based on Italian, would be that as the endings of the verb show both person and number unambiguously, they're not necessary except for special emphasis and therefore wouldn't normally be used. Right or wrong?