Breakdown of Est-ce que quelqu'un cuisine ce soir ?
est-ce que
is it that / do / does (question marker)
ce soir
tonight
cuisiner
to cook
quelqu'un
someone
Questions & Answers about Est-ce que quelqu'un cuisine ce soir ?
Why is it just cuisine? Where is the word for "is"?
In French, the present tense covers both simple present ("cooks") and present continuous ("is cooking"). There is no direct match for the English "-ing" structure, so the single word cuisine means "is cooking" here.
What verb form does quelqu'un take?
Where does the apostrophe in quelqu'un come from?
It is a contraction of quelque (some) and un (one). To make it easier to pronounce, the final e of quelque is dropped and replaced with an apostrophe.
How would I add ne... jamais (never) to this sentence to practice the current lesson?
To ask "Is someone never cooking tonight?", you wrap the conjugated verb cuisine in the two parts of the negative adverb. The sentence becomes: Est-ce que quelqu'un ne cuisine jamais ce soir ?