"Yes, I am cooking."

Translation: Да, я готовлю.

[sczimmer]

can you leave off the pronoun and just say Да, готовлю?

[bright_flash]

We don't usually drop pronouns, but technically it's possible.

[ckctenerife1]

I used prigotovlyu. I'm still not clear on the difference :-(

[MarcoJansen96]

I think я приготовлю means 'I will cook'

[KateNatale1]

Готовить seems to be used to mean "was/were cooking". приготовить seems to mean "have cooked"

[Oemerich]

You're right: готовить is unfinished aspect (was/am/will be cooking), приготовить is finished aspect (have / will have cooked).

[antoniojack]

So gotovlju is for singular, and gotovim is for plural?

[_Maria_B._]

Готовлю is mainly "am cooking" from what I understand.

[Ashton725403]

The verb gets conjugated based on the pronoun.

Я готовлю
Ты готовишь
Вы готовите
Мы готовим
Он/она готовит
Они готовят

Most verbs follow a basic conjucation formula.

[Slippyboy]

Why is there an л in the conjugation of the Я? It almost makes it look like it's past-tense, and I can't think of any other verbs that add an л before the ю.

[madhatterhailey]

Why can't I say ''мне'' instead of я?

[Oemerich]

мне is the wrong case. Here Nominative is demanded, so you have to use я, because "I" is the subject in this sentence.

[deactivated user]

Why isn't it ok to use приготовлю here

[JeffBramle]

Does 'я' need to be capitalized as 'I' is in English? It does not seem so... Thank you.

[Slippyboy]

Why is there an л in the Я conjugation of готовить? It almost makes it look like it's past-tense, and I can't think of any other verbs that add an л before the ю.

[QuentinFeduchin]

Готовлю готовим готовит PLEASE tell me which is when..