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Nous écoutons la musique dans la voiture.

Nous écoutons la musique dans la voiture.
We are listening to the music in the car.
From Lesson 18:Regular -er verbs plural (nous parlons, vous parlez, ils parlent)·French

Questions & Answers about Nous écoutons la musique dans la voiture.

Why is there no word for 'to' after écoutons?
In French, the verb écouter already means 'to listen to'. You don't need to add an extra preposition. You just put the thing you are listening to directly after the verb: écoutons la musique.
The English translation says 'are listening', but where is the word for 'are' in French?
French doesn't have an exact equivalent for the English 'are ...-ing' form. The single present tense verb écoutons translates to both 'we listen' (as a regular habit) and 'we are listening' (happening right now).
Why does the verb end in -ons here?
Écouter is a regular -er verb. To make it match nous (we), you drop the -er from the dictionary form and add the nous ending, which is always -ons.
How is nous écoutons pronounced? Is the 's' silent?
Normally, the 's' at the end of nous is silent. However, because écoutons starts with a vowel, you connect the two words when speaking. The 's' is pronounced like a 'z' sound linking directly into the vowel. This smooth connection is called a liaison.

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