"Nie gotuję teraz makaronu."
Translation:I am not cooking pasta now.
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Although probably not technically correct, in common usage we'd say "I'm not making pasta now". At least in the UK we'd say that and understand "making" to mean "cooking".
Well, we've added "make" to "cooking soup", so I guess it works here as well. Added.
As a native English speaker, I know this can also be "I am not cooking the pasta now." This should be an acceptable possible answer.
types of pasta https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_pasta is makaron generally any pasta or just macaroni?
"I am not cooking pasta". Present Continuous here implies that the action is happening (or not happening) now. So "now" may be omitted?
If it was explicitly put in the sentence, you have to translate it.
Besides, it could potentially be Present Continuous in the future meaning. Like "On Friday I am cooking pasta".
Maybe in the right context.
The distinction between present continuous and its counterpart (I can't think of a name for it) is not so precise in English. For example, we say, "I cook pasta" but we say "I do not cook pasta" instead of "I not cook pasta" even though "I do cook pasta" has a different meaning.
So in Polish there's no word for spaghetti? Surely makaron means any type of pasta (and possibly even noodles)?
We use "spaghetti" in Polish, but "makaron" is an umbrella term for any type of pasta and noodles, so if someone called a spaghetti dish "makaron" I wouldn't be surprised, people aren't always really that precise.
Still, for all pasta-related vocabulary, "spaghetti" is probably the second most-common word.
