Questions & Answers about Мы обсуждаем наш выпускной день.
Обсуждаем is the 1st person plural, present tense form of the verb обсуждать (to discuss).
- Infinitive: обсуждать (imperfective, to discuss)
- Stem: обсужда-
- Ending for мы (we) in the present: -ем
So:
- мы обсуждаем = we discuss / we are discussing
Russian does not have a separate continuous form, so мы обсуждаем can mean both we discuss and we are discussing depending on context.
Обсуждаем is imperfective (from обсуждать).
Imperfective: обсуждать → мы обсуждаем
Focus: process, duration, repeated action
Example idea: We are (in the process of) discussing our graduation day.Perfective: обсудить → мы обсудим
Focus: result, completion
Example idea: We will (successfully) discuss / have discussed our graduation day.
So if you say:
- Мы обсуждаем наш выпускной день. – we are currently discussing it.
- Мы обсудим наш выпускной день. – we will (at some point) discuss it and finish doing so.