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Nous interrogeons le suspect maintenant.

Nous interrogeons le suspect maintenant.
We are interrogating the suspect now.
From Lesson 129:Past tense with negative pronouns (je n'ai rien vu)·French

Questions & Answers about Nous interrogeons le suspect maintenant.

Why is there an extra "e" in interrogeons?
The verb is interroger. In French, verbs ending in -ger need to keep their soft "g" sound (like in "mirage") when conjugated with nous. If we just added -ons, it would be interrogons with a hard "g" (like in "go"). Adding the e keeps the soft sound. You also see this with nous mangeons (we eat).
Why isn't there a French word for "are" in this sentence?
French doesn't have a direct equivalent to the English "to be doing something" (the present continuous tense). The simple present tense nous interrogeons translates to both "we interrogate" and "we are interrogating" depending on the context.
How do you pronounce suspect in French?
Even though it is spelled exactly like the English word, the final -ct is completely silent in French. You pronounce it roughly like "soos-peh".
How would you change this sentence to say "We interrogated nobody" in the passé composé?
You would say Nous n'avons interrogé personne. As you are learning in this lesson, the negative pronoun personne always goes after the past participle (interrogé). If you wanted to say "We interrogated nothing" instead, rien would go before the past participle: Nous n'avons rien interrogé.

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