Кто ещё хочет чай?

Кто means who and is the question word asking about the person. In this sentence, кто is the subject:

• Кто — who
• хочет — wants

So literally, the structure is Who wants tea?

Because the sentence is asking which person wants tea, кто naturally comes first.

Here ещё means else.

So:

• Кто хочет чай? = Who wants tea?
• Кто ещё хочет чай? = Who else wants tea?

In other contexts, ещё can also mean still, yet, or more, so learners often notice it has several meanings. In this sentence, the meaning is specifically else.

Хочет is the 3rd person singular form of хотеть (to want).

It matches кто, because кто is grammatically treated as singular in Russian when it means who.

So even though you are asking about any person, Russian uses singular verb agreement:

• Кто хочет...? = Who wants...?

Not хотят.

Чай is the direct object of хочет, so it is in the accusative case.

But for many masculine inanimate nouns in Russian, the accusative form is the same as the nominative form. Чай is one of those nouns.

So:

• nominative: чай
• accusative: чай

That is why it looks unchanged.

Russian often does not need to say some explicitly.

English might say:

• Who else wants tea?
• Who else wants some tea?

Russian can simply say:

• Кто ещё хочет чай?

The idea of some tea is understood from context. Russian often leaves this kind of thing unstated unless it is important.

Russian has no articles.

So Russian does not have direct equivalents of a, an, or the. Whether чай means tea, the tea, or some tea depends on context.

That is completely normal in Russian.

Yes, Russian word order is fairly flexible, but different word orders can sound slightly different in emphasis.

The most neutral version here is:

• Кто ещё хочет чай?

You may also hear:

• Кто хочет ещё чай?

This can sound a little more like Who wants more tea? or it can shift the focus slightly toward ещё and чай, depending on context.

So word order can change, but the original sentence is a very natural way to say Who else wants tea?

A simple pronunciation guide is:

• Кто — kto
• ещё — yee-SHCHO
• хочет — KHO-chet
• чай — chai

A more natural whole-sentence pronunciation would be close to:

kto yee-SHCHO KHO-chet chai?

A few helpful notes:

• ё is always stressed
• х sounds like the ch in Scottish loch or German Bach
• ч in чай sounds like ch in chat

Yes, if the context is already clear.

For example, if everyone is sitting at a table and someone is pouring drinks, a speaker might simply say:

• Кто ещё хочет? = Who else wants some?

But if you want to say clearly what is being offered, keeping чай is better:

• Кто ещё хочет чай?

Normally, no. In this sentence, ещё is understood as else.

If you wanted to say Who still wants tea?, Russian would usually make that meaning clearer through context or different phrasing.

So for learners, the best reading here is:

• Кто ещё хочет чай? = Who else wants tea?

It is neutral and natural in everyday speech.

You can use it in normal conversation with family, friends, guests, or coworkers in an informal setting. It does not sound rude or overly formal.

If you wanted to be especially polite, you might say something a bit fuller, such as:

• Кто ещё хочет чаю?
• Кто ещё будет чай? in some regional or conversational usage

But Кто ещё хочет чай? is a standard, clear sentence for learners to know.