"O czym śpiewasz?"

Translation: What are you singing about?

[Jellei]

That reminds me of this commercial ;)

[jw8DP]

Our english teacher showed this to us about twenty times.

[Ollyfer]

I still have the feeling that it gave us Germans a bad rap, as if we were all incapable of properly pronouncing our sister language. :'D

[Jellei]

I think it's widely known that Germans usually speak very good English ;)

[Ollyfer]

I really hope so. ;-)
The only person I know who speaks like the man in the ad is my mother, but she never enjoyed advanced education in the Enlgish language and never needed any knowledge of the language. All the others I know have more detailed issues concerning pronunciation. :D

[zjedel]

Why is the locative case used

[immery]

"o" is ussually followed by locative case. (always when meaning "about")

[IE99]

Can someone explain the reason for the difference in case used with the preposition, "o".

"O co prosisz?"
"O czym śpiewasz?"

Dziękuję!

[Jellei]

The main meaning of "o" is "about", and then you use Locative: "O czym śpiewasz?"

There are other meanings which use Accusative, and at least some of them could be translated as "for", like "What are you asking for?" = "O co prosisz?"

[totalen]

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[Neil395069]

Would "what are you talking about?" Be "O czym mowisz"?

[Jellei]

Yes, exactly :) Well, plus an ó in 'mówisz'.