Learn Hardcore Czech: Bochník položíme na pečicí papír a pečicí kámen. - We will place the loaf on the baking paper and the baking stone.

Breakdown of Bochník položíme na pečicí papír a pečicí kámen.

Why is položíme used here? Does it mean we place or we will place?

Položíme is the 1st person plural form of the verb položit.

A few important points:

položit is a perfective verb
with perfective verbs, the so-called present form usually has future meaning
so položíme literally means we will place / we will put down

In recipe style, though, English often translates this more naturally as:

So grammatically it is a future-like form, but in instructions it functions like a recipe step.

Why does the recipe say položíme (we place) instead of an imperative like položte?

Czech recipes very often use 1st person plural for instructions. This is similar to saying:

It sounds normal and idiomatic in Czech recipe writing.

So instead of commanding the reader directly, Czech often uses a shared instructional we. English recipes usually prefer the imperative:

But Czech commonly uses:

Why doesn’t bochník change form? Isn’t it the direct object?