"Te francia vagy, vagy spanyol?"

Translation: Are you French or Spanish?

[Simson582464]

Why two "vagy"? Why not francia vagy spanyol?

[96314081311257]

Te (you) francia (French) are (vagy), vagy (or) spanyol (Spanish)?

[TivadarTor]

OK!!

[StephenM898]

That makes sense.

[Liggliluff]

are (vagy)

You flipped that one, confused me at first

[Hulk014]

You can also say "Te francia, vagy spanyol vagy?". It's less confusing

[cosmo-pedant]

Is Hulk014 correct, " . . . , vagy spanyol vagy. (?)

[Arpad737071]

The first "vagy" is a verb, present tense, 2nd person of "to be" (te vagy). The second "vagy" is a conjuction, equivalent to "or" in English. So these two words are just homonyms, i.e. they have the same spelling, but different meaning.

[InaraCouto]

These two meanings of "vagy" always confuse me.

[Arpad737071]

Why not "Spaniard"? We are referring to people here.