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- "Nie gotuję teraz makaronu."
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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.
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.
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".
My sentence example does not reference future time, so it implies "now". I think the word "teraz" is used to stress the fact of the current action. Without it the sentence may also describe a habit ("I do not cook pasta"), right?
For what it's worth, Maksym is right. The Present Continuous indicates 'now' unless otherwise stated explicitly. "I am not cooking pasta." should be accepted due to the meaning embedded in Present Continuous.
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.
