Learn Spanish (Spain): Ella no come carne.

Ella no come carne.

She does not eat meat.

Breakdown of Ella no come carne.

ella

she / her (after a preposition)

no / not

comer

to eat; to have lunch

la carne

the meat

Questions & Answers about Ella no come carne.

Why does the verb comer change to come here?

Comer is a regular verb ending in -er. To match the subject ella (she), we remove the -er ending and add -e. This gives us come (eats).

Where does the word "does" come from in the English translation?

Spanish doesn't use helper verbs like "do" or "does" to make a sentence negative. To say "does not eat", you simply put no directly before the main verb, giving us no come.

Could we leave out the word Ella and just say "No come carne"?

Yes! Because the verb come is specifically for he, she, or it, the pronoun ella is optional. It is used here to make it completely clear that we mean "she" and not "he".

Is the word carne masculine or feminine?

Carne is feminine (la carne). Notice that we don't use la here because we are talking about meat in general, which works exactly the same way as it does in English.