why no article?

Question

Why don't we use the article when saying "Yo como huevos" ?

Answer 1

Since you are fluent in English allow me to answer your question by asking another question: Why don't you use the article when saying I eat eggs ? In Spanish it works similarly.

• I eat eggs ? Yo como huevos.
• I eat one egg ? Yo como un huevo.
• I eat the egg ? Yo como el huevo.

EDIT:
- Yo como huevos. = I eat eggs. In Spanish, we use no article in this one because we are talking about eggs in general. Not those eggs, these eggs, my eggs, the ones my grandma brought home yesterday, etc. For instance:

• I eat eggs everyday for breakfast. - Cada día como huevos en el desayuno. Which ones? I don't know and it doesn't matter.
  
  [Revise my English, please]

I don't know the answer to this one, but to be fair, there are many places where Spanish uses the def-art and English doesn't, like generalizations. Me gusta la música. etc. I wish I had a better answer for the O.P. - rogspax, Oct 3, 2013