Questions & Answers about Que bem que vocês dançam!
Why are there two ques in this sentence?
The structure Que followed by an adverb or adjective, and then another que, is a very common way to make an exclamation in Portuguese. It translates to 'How well...!' or 'How beautiful...!'. The second que is optional and just adds spoken emphasis. You could also just say Que bem vocês dançam! with the exact same meaning.
English uses 'How' for this exclamation. Could I use Como instead of the first Que here?
Not in this exact structure. While como means 'how' in questions, exclamations expressing 'How well!' or 'How beautiful!' usually start with Que in Portuguese. If you really want to use como, you have to change the word order entirely, such as Como vocês dançam bem!
Why does the sentence use bem instead of bom?
Since vocês means 'you' (plural), why does the verb dançam use the 'they' ending?
In European Portuguese, vocês is grammatically treated as a third-person plural subject. Even though it means 'you all', it takes the exact same verb conjugation as eles or elas (they). For regular -ar verbs in the present tense, that ending is -am.
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