Vostè vol una altra tassa de te?

Vostè means you when speaking to one person formally or politely. It is the Catalan equivalent of a formal you, similar to Spanish usted.

So this sentence is addressed politely, not casually.

Because vostè takes the third-person singular form of the verb, not the usual second-person form that English speakers might expect.

• vostè vol = you want / would you like (formal)
• tu vols = you want / do you want (informal)

This is very common in Catalan: formal you behaves grammatically like he/she.

It can often be left out.

Catalan usually drops subject pronouns when the verb already makes the meaning clear. So:

• Vostè vol una altra tassa de te?
• Vol una altra tassa de te?

Both are correct. Including vostè can make the sentence sound a bit more explicit or polite.

In Catalan, yes/no questions often keep the same word order as statements. The question is shown mainly by:

• intonation in speech
• the question marks in writing

So:

• Vostè vol una altra tassa de te. = You want another cup of tea.
• Vostè vol una altra tassa de te? = Do you want / Would you like another cup of tea?

Unlike English, Catalan does not need an auxiliary like do.

Una altra means another.

It is made up of:

• una = a / one (feminine singular)
• altra = other / another (feminine singular form of altre)

Because tassa is a feminine singular noun, Catalan uses:

• una altra tassa = another cup

Compare:

• un altre llibre = another book
• una altra tassa = another cup
• uns altres llibres = other books
• unes altres tasses = other cups

Because tassa is a feminine noun.

Adjectives and related words in Catalan often agree with the noun in gender and number:

• altre = masculine singular
• altra = feminine singular
• altres = plural

Since tassa is feminine singular, the correct form is altra.

Tassa means cup, and de te means of tea.

So:

• tassa de te = cup of tea

This is a very natural Catalan structure:

• una tassa de cafè = a cup of coffee
• un got d’aigua = a glass of water

Because te meaning tea is written without an accent.

This is important because:

• te = tea
• té = he/she has, or you have (formal)

So in this sentence:

• tassa de te = cup of tea

Not cup of has.

After a container noun like tassa followed by de, Catalan often uses the drink name without an article:

• una tassa de te
• una tassa de cafè

This works very much like English a cup of tea.

It can mean both, depending on context and tone.

Literally, vol means want:

• Do you want another cup of tea?

But in polite conversation, especially with vostè, it often sounds like:

• Would you like another cup of tea?

So the Catalan sentence can be slightly softer and more polite than the literal English want might suggest.

If you are speaking informally to one person, you would usually use tu and the verb vols:

• Vols una altra tassa de te?

You could also say:

• Tu vols una altra tassa de te?

But, as in many Catalan sentences, tu is often omitted.

Here it is capitalized because it is the first word of the sentence.

In normal modern writing, vostè is usually written in lowercase unless it starts a sentence. Older or extra-formal writing may sometimes capitalize forms of address more often, but that is not required here.

A simple approximate pronunciation is:

bos-TEH bol OO-nuh AL-truh TA-suh duh TEH?

A few useful notes:

• vostè has the stress on the last syllable: vos-TÈ
• vol sounds roughly like bol
• tassa has a clear ss sound, like s in English hiss
• te is pronounced roughly like teh

Pronunciation varies somewhat by region, but this will help you say it understandably.