Learn Spanish (Spain): ¿Bebéis vino con el cerdo? - Do you drink wine with the pork?

¿Bebéis vino con el cerdo?

Do you drink wine with the pork?

Breakdown of ¿Bebéis vino con el cerdo?

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with / just by (+ -ing)

Questions & Answers about ¿Bebéis vino con el cerdo?

Why is it bebéis and not bebes or beben?

Bebéis is the informal plural "you" (you all) form of the verb beber (to drink). This form is used specifically in Spain. If you were asking just one person, it would be bebes. In Latin America, people use beben for "you all".

Where is the word for "Do" in this question?

Spanish doesn't use helper words like "do" or "does" to ask questions. You simply use the normal verb (in this case, bebéis) and frame it as a question using voice tone and question marks. Literally, it asks "Drink you all wine with the pork?"

Why is it just vino and not el vino?

Just like in English, when you are talking about an unspecified amount of something (meaning "some wine" or wine in general), you don't need the word for "the" (el or la). You just use the noun on its own.

Doesn't cerdo mean "pig"?

Yes, it does! In Spanish, cerdo is used for both the live animal ("pig") and the meat you eat ("pork"). You have to rely on the context to know which one it is. Since we are talking about a meal here, it means pork.