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¿Tú comes carne o pescado?

¿Tú comes carne o pescado?
Do you eat meat or fish?
From Lesson 35:Conjunctions (y, o, pero)·Spanish (Latin America)

Questions & Answers about ¿Tú comes carne o pescado?

Does o always mean 'or'?
Yes! In this sentence, o is the conjunction meaning 'or,' giving a choice between carne and pescado. Just a quick tip for the future: if the word immediately after 'or' starts with an 'o' or 'ho' sound, Spanish changes the o to u so the sounds don't blend together. But here, before pescado, it stays o.
I thought the word for fish was pez. Why does this say pescado?
In Spanish, there are two different words for fish! A pez is a live fish swimming in the water. Once a fish is caught and prepared to be eaten as food, it becomes pescado. Since this sentence is about eating, we must use pescado.
Do I always need to include Tú at the beginning of a question like this?
No, you can leave it out and just ask ¿Comes carne o pescado? Because the verb comes already tells us 'you' are doing the eating, the Tú is optional. Spanish speakers often add it for a little extra emphasis or to be very clear about who they are asking.
Why isn't there an article like la or el before carne and pescado?
Just like in English, when you are talking about food in a general, uncountable way, you can leave the article out. You are asking if they eat 'meat or fish' in general, rather than a specific piece of meat, so you don't need to say la carne or el pescado.

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