Yeah go with a friend and see if you are cutting two '// lines on the snow. If you are then you are carving with your edges. If not then you are sliding.
As I said go to a green slope ( go to those long green runs) and start doing roller blading type of skiing. and have a friend follow you to give you feedback looking at the //. I do not know your level so I can only tell you what is to be done when we teach intermediates to start learning carving.