Breakdown of Je cuisine quelque chose pour la fête.
pour
for
la fête
the party
cuisiner
to cook
quelque chose
something
Questions & Answers about Je cuisine quelque chose pour la fête.
Why does the translation say 'am cooking' when the French just says Je cuisine?
French doesn't have a separate '-ing' tense for things happening right now. The present tense Je cuisine covers both 'I cook' as a general habit and 'I am cooking' at this very moment.
How would I use this lesson's grammar to say 'I never cook for the party'?
Is quelque chose always two words?
Yes! It literally translates to 'some thing' (quelque means 'some' and chose means 'thing'). Even though we write it as one word in English ('something'), it always stays as two separate words in French.