How to properly use the feminine article 'una'

Question

I've just completed '1.4 Food Regular - er Conjugations.' It was tough. I've just started learingin Spanish. My English grammer's fine. (at least I think so!) But Spanish grammer's a whole new ball game. On screen, in 'Flashcards' - with a man's face - we have; 'come una manzana.' And the on-screen translation is; 'he eats an apple.' Una is a feminine article, right? Then we have, 'come pizza', with no article. Anyone help me out here?

Thanks for that. I just thought that with the third person singular 'come' an article was grammatically complusory. - connaghyn, Dec 9, 2009

Answer 1

Pizza is considered irregular in Spanish (and English) when we refer to it in general. You can, however, buy one pizza (a pizza = una pizza), which is a whole.

The same is with "Bebo café" (in general) and Quiero un café (I want a coffee - one coffee).