Wir essen zusammen im Wohnzimmer.

We eat together in the living room.

Breakdown of Wir essen zusammen im Wohnzimmer.

• dem: the; (masculine or neuter, dative)
• essen: to eat
• wir: we
• zusammen: together

Questions & Answers about Wir essen zusammen im Wohnzimmer.

Why does German use wir essen here when the English meaning is “We are eating …”? Shouldn’t there be something like “wir sind am Essen”?

German only has one present tense form, and wir essen can mean both:

• We eat (general habit)
• We are eating (right now)

Context decides which is meant.
You can say things like wir sind am Essen or wir essen gerade, but those are extra ways to stress that it’s happening right now. The basic, most common form is simply wir essen.

Why is Wir capitalized here? I’ve also seen wir in lowercase.

Wir is capitalized here only because it’s the first word of the sentence.

Pronouns in German (ich, du, wir, etc.) are normally written in lowercase, except:

• At the beginning of a sentence: Wir essen zusammen …
• The formal Sie / Ihr (you) is always capitalized.

So inside a sentence you’d write:
Morgen essen wir zusammen im Wohnzimmer.

What exactly does zusammen mean, and is its position in the sentence fixed?