Breakdown of O jakiej muzyce rozmawiacie?
rozmawiać
to talk
muzyka
music
jaki
what kind of, what ... like (asks for an adjective)
o
about
Questions & Answers about O jakiej muzyce rozmawiacie?
Why does the sentence start with O (about) instead of putting it at the end like in English?
In Polish, prepositions can never be left at the end of a sentence. They must always come directly before the noun or pronoun they connect to. So, instead of saying "What music are you talking about?", the Polish phrasing is strictly "About what music are you talking?".
Why are jakiej and muzyce in the locative case here?
The preposition o takes the locative case when it means "about" a topic (like talking, thinking, or reading about something). Because the verb rozmawiać (to talk) is paired with o, the phrase jaka muzyka (what music) must change to its locative form, jakiej muzyce.
Why does muzyka change to muzyce in the locative case rather than just adding an ending?
For feminine nouns ending in -ka, the k always softens to a c before taking the -e ending in the locative case. This spelling and sound change makes it flow better. Therefore, muzyka becomes muzyce.
The English translation says "what music", so why use a form of jaki instead of a form of co?
In Polish, if "what" is attached to a noun (like "what music" or "what book"), you must use jaki (which translates closer to "what kind of" or "which"). The word co is only used when "what" stands completely alone, such as in O czym rozmawiacie? (What are you talking about?).
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