Learn Spanish (Latin America): ¿Tú comes carne o pescado?

¿Tú comes carne o pescado?

Do you eat meat or fish?

Breakdown of ¿Tú comes carne o pescado?

tú

you (informal singular)

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?