On ciągle mówi o pracy.

Word by word:

• On = he
• ciągle = constantly, all the time, sometimes still depending on context
• mówi = speaks, talks, or says
• o = about
• pracy = work in the form required after o

So the sentence literally looks like:

• He constantly talks about work

Because the preposition o usually requires the locative case.

The basic form is:

• praca = work

After o, it changes to the locative:

• o pracy = about work

This is very common in Polish:

• o domu = about the house
• o szkole = about school
• o pracy = about work

So pracy is not a different word; it is the correct grammatical form of praca after o.

Here o means about.

So:

• mówić o czymś = to talk about something

This is a very useful pattern to learn as a whole:

• mówić o pracy = talk about work
• mówić o rodzinie = talk about family
• mówić o problemach = talk about problems

A good shortcut is to remember:

• o + locative = about

Mówić is the dictionary form, meaning to speak / to talk / to say.

In the sentence, you need a conjugated form, because the subject is he. So:

• mówić = to talk
• on mówi = he talks / he is talking

This is the 3rd person singular present-tense form.

A few present-tense forms of mówić are:

• ja mówię = I speak / I am speaking
• ty mówisz = you speak
• on / ona / ono mówi = he / she / it speaks
• my mówimy = we speak
• wy mówicie = you all speak
• oni / one mówią = they speak

It can mean either, depending on context.

But in mówi o pracy, the most natural English translation is talks about work, because mówić o... usually means to talk about...

Compare:

• On mówi o pracy. = He talks about work.
• On mówi, że jest zmęczony. = He says that he is tired.

So mówić is a broad verb, and context tells you whether talks, speaks, or says fits best.

Ciągle usually means constantly, continually, all the time, or sometimes still.

In this sentence, it suggests repetition or persistence:

• On ciągle mówi o pracy. = He keeps talking about work. / He talks about work all the time.

This often carries a slight feeling of annoyance, depending on tone. It can sound like:

• He never stops talking about work.

Other common Polish words with similar meanings are:

• cały czas = all the time
• stale = constantly
• wciąż = still / continually

They are similar, but ciągle is very common in everyday speech.

Yes, very often.

Polish often drops subject pronouns because the verb ending already shows the person:

• Mówi o pracy. = He / she / it is talking about work, depending on context

If you say:

• On ciągle mówi o pracy

the on is more explicit. You might include it:

• for emphasis
• to contrast him with someone else
• to make the subject extra clear

So both are possible:

• Ciągle mówi o pracy.
• On ciągle mówi o pracy.

Not completely. Polish word order is fairly flexible, though some orders sound more natural than others.

The neutral order here is:

• On ciągle mówi o pracy.

You could also hear:

• Ciągle mówi o pracy.
• On mówi ciągle o pracy.
• O pracy on ciągle mówi.

These all suggest roughly the same basic meaning, but the emphasis changes.

For example:

• On ciągle mówi o pracy. = neutral
• Ciągle mówi o pracy. = focus on the fact that this keeps happening
• O pracy on ciągle mówi. = stronger emphasis on work as the topic

As a learner, the original order is a very safe and natural one.

It is present tense, but in Polish the present can describe both:

• something happening now
• a repeated habit
• a general tendency

So On ciągle mówi o pracy can mean:

• he is talking about work right now again and again
• he keeps talking about work in general
• he has a habit of always talking about work

Because of ciągle, it often feels like an ongoing repeated behavior rather than just one single moment.

Also, mówić is an imperfective verb, which fits repeated or ongoing actions well.

A rough pronunciation guide:

• On ≈ on with a short o
• ciągle ≈ CHYONG-gleh or CHONG-gleh
• mówi ≈ MOO-vee
• o ≈ aw or short o
• pracy ≈ PRA-tsih

A few useful pronunciation notes:

• ą in ciągle is a nasal vowel
• ci before a vowel-like sound often sounds a bit like soft ch
• w in Polish sounds like English v
• c in pracy sounds like ts
• y is not exactly English ee; it is a harder vowel

A rough whole-sentence approximation:

• On CHYONG-gleh MOO-vee aw PRA-tsih

Yes. A few common alternatives are:

• On cały czas mówi o pracy. = He talks about work all the time.
• On stale mówi o pracy. = He constantly talks about work.
• On wciąż mówi o pracy. = He still / continually talks about work.

These are similar, but not identical:

• ciągle = very common, everyday, often repetitive
• cały czas = all the time
• stale = constantly, a bit more formal or strong
• wciąż = still / continually

For everyday conversation, ciągle is one of the most natural choices.

Yes — two very useful chunks:

• mówić o + locative = to talk about + noun
• ciągle + verb = keep doing / do constantly

So you can build many similar sentences:

• Ona mówi o szkole. = She talks about school.
• Oni ciągle mówią o pieniądzach. = They keep talking about money.
• Ciągle myślę o pracy. = I keep thinking about work.

Learning chunks like these is often more helpful than memorizing single words by themselves.