Questions & Answers about Wir kochen jetzt zusammen.
Why does the verb kochen end in -en here?
Because the subject is wir (we). In the present tense, regular German verbs like kochen take the ending -en when matching with wir. Notice that this means the conjugated verb looks exactly like its dictionary form!
The English translation says "are cooking", but I don't see a word for "are". Why is that?
German does not have a separate continuous tense like English does (using "are doing" or "is making"). The simple present phrase Wir kochen covers both "We cook" (in general) and "We are cooking" (right now).
Could I change the word order and say "Wir kochen zusammen jetzt"?
It is much better to say Wir kochen jetzt zusammen. In German, words that tell you when something happens (like jetzt, meaning now) almost always come before words that tell you how it happens (like zusammen, meaning together). A handy rule to remember is: Time comes first!
How do I pronounce the letter z in zusammen?
In German, the letter z is always pronounced like the "ts" sound at the end of the English word "cats". So, zusammen starts with a crisp "ts" sound.
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