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Quiero estudiar contigo.

Quiero estudiar contigo.
I want to study with you.
From Lesson 33:Irregular first-person verbs·Spanish (Spain)

Questions & Answers about Quiero estudiar contigo.

Why is it quiero instead of quero?
The verb is querer (to want). It is a stem-changing verb, meaning the vowel e in the middle changes to ie when we conjugate it for most people, including the yo (I) form.
Why doesn't the sentence start with yo for "I"?
In Spanish, the verb ending usually tells us who is doing the action. The -o ending in quiero already tells us it means "I want", so the word yo is optional and usually left out unless you want to emphasize it.
Why do we use the unconjugated verb estudiar here instead of estudio?
When you use two verbs together like this (I want + to study), only the first verb is conjugated. The second verb stays in its original dictionary form, called the infinitive.
What exactly is contigo?
Contigo is a special word that means "with you" (informal singular). Instead of saying con tú or con ti (which are both incorrect), Spanish blends the word con (with) and a form of "you" into this single word.

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