"Tu ai pisică sau câine?"

Translation: Do you have a cat or a dog?

[dannycjones]

Is it correct to drop the article? (a)

[RhiannonP1]

What is the rule (if there is one) for why the article can be omitted here, please?

[Hector290697]

What helps with "câine" is that it looks like "canine" without the first "n". Hope that helps my English speaking friends. :)

[Highlandgal]

And "pisică" reminds me of "pussycat ".

[Sufrejo]

That is helpful! Thanks!

[ChristophS242370]

If it is the question: Why is the sentence "You have a cat or dog." the correct answer her. I would expect "Do you have a..."

[_Meme_Time_]

Also there is no possible way of adding the 'do' in the sentence. So if you ask 'Tu ai o pisica sau caine?' The correct translation of that would be 'Do you have a cat or a dog?'

You are partially correct though. You just translated it 'literally'.

Hope that helps!

[AndrewsSuzy]

depends on the intonation....eg if you're surprised, you could say "you have a cat or a dog?" and the voice goes up at the end of the sentence. If it's a statement, the voice goes down (unless you're Australian, or a younger Brit!)