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Vocês querem comer a sobremesa agora?

Vocês querem comer a sobremesa agora?
Do you want to eat the dessert now?
From Lesson 46:The verb to want (querer)·Portuguese (Portugal)

Breakdown of Vocês querem comer a sobremesa agora?

vocês
you (pl)
agora
now
comer
to eat
querer
to want
a sobremesa
the dessert

Questions & Answers about Vocês querem comer a sobremesa agora?

Why is the second verb comer not conjugated?
When you use querer (to want) with another action, only the first verb changes to match the person doing the wanting. Here, querem is conjugated for vocês, while the second verb stays in its infinitive (dictionary) form, comer (to eat). This is just like English: "want to eat".
Why does vocês use the verb form querem? Isn't that the "they" form?
Yes, querem is the 3rd person plural form (used for eles and elas). In Portuguese, even though vocês means "you" (plural), it grammatically acts like "they" and always uses the 3rd person plural verb endings.
Where is the word for "Do" in this question?
Portuguese doesn't use helper verbs like "do" or "does" to ask questions. You simply use the exact same word order as a normal statement (Vocês querem comer...) and just raise your pitch at the end when speaking, or add a question mark when writing.
In English, we often just say "eat dessert" without "the". Do I really need the a before sobremesa?
Yes, it sounds much more natural in Portuguese to include it. Portuguese uses definite articles like a (the) before nouns much more frequently than English does, especially when talking about meals, dishes, or categories of things.

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