Quem mora perto do quiosque sempre pede caldo de mandioca no fim da tarde.

Here quem means something like whoever, the person who, or anyone who, depending on context.

So:

• Quem mora perto do quiosque... = Whoever lives near the kiosk...
• In natural English, this often becomes People who live near the kiosk...

Even though English often uses people who in this kind of sentence, Portuguese can use quem very naturally.

With quem, Portuguese very often uses the verb in the 3rd person singular:

• Quem mora...
• Quem sabe...
• Quem quer...

This is normal even when the meaning is general and could include many people.

So quem mora perto do quiosque is grammatically singular, even if in real life it may refer to multiple people.

Because perto normally uses the preposition de:

• perto de = near
• longe de = far from

So:

• perto de o quiosque → contracts to perto do quiosque

You should think of it as a fixed pattern:

• perto de casa
• perto da praia
• perto do mercado

Do is a contraction of:

• de + o = do

So:

• perto do quiosque = near the kiosk

This kind of contraction is extremely common in Portuguese:

• de + a = da
• em + o = no
• em + a = na

In this sentence, you actually have two contractions:

• do quiosque = de + o quiosque
• no fim = em + o fim

Both mora and pede are in the present tense.

But here the present tense is being used for a habitual or general action, not necessarily something happening at this exact moment.

• mora = lives
• pede = orders / asks for

So the sentence describes something typical or usual:

• people who live near the kiosk usually order cassava broth at the end of the afternoon

This is similar to English:

• She drinks coffee in the morning.
• People here eat late.

It literally means asks for, from the verb pedir.

In food and drink contexts, though, pedir often translates more naturally as:

• to order

So:

• pede caldo de mandioca = orders cassava broth

Both ideas are present, but in a restaurant, kiosk, or snack-bar situation, order is usually the best English translation.

Here de links the noun caldo with the ingredient mandioca.

• caldo = broth / thick soup
• mandioca = cassava

So caldo de mandioca means:

• cassava broth
• broth made from cassava

This is a very common pattern in Portuguese:

• suco de laranja = orange juice
• bolo de chocolate = chocolate cake
• sopa de legumes = vegetable soup

The de often means made of, made with, or of, depending on the phrase.

No fim da tarde means at the end of the afternoon or more naturally in the late afternoon.

Breakdown:

• em + o = no
• fim = end
• da = de + a
• tarde = afternoon / evening, depending on context

So literally:

• no fim da tarde = in the end of the afternoon

But in natural English, you would usually say:

• in the late afternoon
• toward the end of the afternoon

Sempre means always, and in Portuguese adverbs like this often go before the main verb:

• sempre pede
• sempre chega cedo
• sempre faz isso

That word order is very natural.

You may also hear different placements in some contexts, but sempre pede is the most straightforward and common structure here.

Yes. For example:

• As pessoas que moram perto do quiosque sempre pedem caldo de mandioca no fim da tarde.

This means basically the same thing.

The difference is style and structure:

• Quem mora... = more compact, more general
• As pessoas que moram... = more explicit

Notice that with as pessoas que, the verb becomes plural:

• moram
• pedem

because now the subject is clearly plural: as pessoas.

In Brazilian Portuguese, quiosque is pronounced approximately like:

• kee-OS-kee

A rough guide:

• qui sounds like kee
• os is the stressed part
• que at the end sounds like kee

The stress is on the middle syllable:

• qui-OS-que

And quiosque usually means a kiosk, stand, or small place selling snacks, drinks, or other items.