Learn Portuguese (Portugal): Vocês imprimiram os documentos para a reunião? - Did you print the documents for the meeting?

Vocês imprimiram os documentos para a reunião?

Did you print the documents for the meeting?

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How do we get imprimiram from the verb imprimir?

Imprimir is a regular '-ir' verb. To make it simple past tense for vocês (you, plural) or eles/elas (they), you drop the '-ir' ending and add -iram. So, imprimir becomes imprimiram (you printed).

How do you pronounce the -am at the end of imprimiram?

At the end of a verb in Portuguese, -am makes a nasal sound, very similar to the Portuguese -ão, but shorter and unstressed. It sounds a bit like an English 'ow' spoken through the nose. It does not sound like the English word 'am'.

If I just said Imprimiram os documentos para a reunião? without Vocês, would it mean the same thing?

It could, because Portuguese often drops the subject! However, the verb ending -iram is shared by vocês, eles (they, masculine), and elas (they, feminine). Keeping Vocês in the sentence prevents confusion and makes it perfectly clear that you are asking 'Did you print...' and not 'Did they print...'.

Why are para and a separate words here?