Questions & Answers about On ciągle mówi o pracy.
What does each word in On ciągle mówi o pracy mean?
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
Why is it pracy and not praca?
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.
What exactly does o mean here?