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¿Tu hermano menor quiere jugar este videojuego?

¿Tu hermano menor quiere jugar este videojuego?
Does your younger brother want to play this video game?
From Lesson 76:Irregular comparatives (mejor, peor, mayor, menor)·Spanish (Latin America)

Questions & Answers about ¿Tu hermano menor quiere jugar este videojuego?

Why do we use menor instead of más joven for "younger"?
While más joven literally means "more young", Spanish prefers the irregular comparative menor to mean "younger" when talking about people's ages, especially siblings. Notice that like most descriptive adjectives, it comes directly after the noun: hermano menor.
Why is jugar left in its infinitive form instead of being conjugated?
When two verbs are used together to express a single idea (like wanting to do something), only the first verb is conjugated. Here, quiere is conjugated for the brother, so the second verb jugar stays in the infinitive to mean "to play".
I always mix up este and esto. Why is it este here?
Este is the masculine singular adjective for "this", used when pointing out a specific masculine noun like videojuego. You only use esto as a standalone pronoun when you don't know what an object is, or when referring to a vague idea or situation.
Don't you normally need the preposition a after the verb jugar?
In Spain, you almost always need a after jugar when naming the game or sport. However, in Latin America, it is extremely common to drop the a and connect the verb directly to the game, which is why jugar este videojuego is perfectly natural here.

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