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Nous faisons un gâteau aux pommes.

Nous faisons un gâteau aux pommes.
We are making an apple cake.
From Lesson 38:The verb to do/make (faire)·French

Questions & Answers about Nous faisons un gâteau aux pommes.

Why does the translation say 'are making' instead of 'make'?
In French, there is no separate continuous tense like 'are making' or 'am making'. The present tense Nous faisons translates to both 'We make' and 'We are making' depending on what makes sense in English for the situation.
How is faisons pronounced?
The word faisons has a tricky pronunciation. Normally, the letters 'ai' in French make an 'eh' sound, but in faisons, they sound like a soft 'uh'. It is pronounced roughly like 'fuh-zohn'.
Why do we say aux pommes instead of just pommes for 'apple cake'?
When describing the flavor or main ingredient of a food or drink in French, you do not just put two nouns together like you do in English. Instead, you connect them with à (to/with) plus the definite article (the word for 'the').
Where does the word aux come from?
aux is a required contraction. When the preposition à (to/with) combines with the plural word for 'the', which is les, they always merge into aux. You can never write à les in French, so 'a cake with the apples' becomes un gâteau aux pommes.

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