Pizza and Sandia

Question

Today, I have listened LEARN SPANISH 1 -> Food and Regular -er Comjugations.

In the example, I have found some strange things.

Come una naranja Come una uva Come pizza Come sandía

Comemos manzanas Comemos pizza Comemos sandía

Comen manzanas Comen pizza Comen sandía

Unlike other words, pizza and sandía doesn’t change into pizzas and sandías or una pizza and una sandía. Why is it? Is there some words that doesn’t change at all like this?

Look forward to hearing lots of excellent advice from all of you.

Curious in Corea.

Jamie Lee

Answer 1

That's a great question. I think it has to do with the fact that fruits such as oranges and apple are countable and small enough to be pluralized (just like in English). Pizza is a single food broken into pieces, but as a whole it's still called a pizza. And a watermelon is so big, that chances are that one fruit can be eaten by a group of people.

We say the same thing in English:

I eat an apple/an orange.. We eat apples/oranges.

I eat pizza / We eat pizza

I eat a piece of watermelon / We eat a watermelon

Does it make sense? I hope it does

Thank you so much. I am not native English speaker so I didn't guess about that. Now I feel so good. Thank you. - cozywood, Feb 21, 2011

Answer 2

When was the last time that you (by yourself) ate several pizzas/watermelons?

More than 1 pizza: 16, more than 1 watermelon: never. - lorenzo9, Feb 21, 2011

Answer 3

I don't know why, they have plural forms and can be expresed like: Comemos sandías and Comemos pizzas.

Mmm thining about it maybe you have to use definite articles to use the plural forms, like :Unas pizzas and unas sandías. - Dakie, Feb 20, 2011

some nouns can be both uncountable (countless) and countable depending on use - 0074b507, Feb 21, 2011

Answer 4

I don't know why, they have plural forms and can be expresed like: Comemos sandías and Comemos pizzas.

Ups, posted twice ;) - Dakie, Feb 20, 2011