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Queremos veintitrés sillas.

Queremos veintitrés sillas.
We want twenty-three chairs.
From Lesson 41:Compound numbers up to 99 (veintiuno, treinta y uno)·Spanish (Spain)

Questions & Answers about Queremos veintitrés sillas.

Why is veintitrés written as one single word instead of veinte y tres?
In Spanish, numbers from 21 to 29 are always combined into a single word. The e at the end of veinte changes to an i, and the second number is attached right to it. From 31 onwards, they split into three words (like treinta y tres for 33).
Why does veintitrés have an accent mark? Neither veinte nor tres has one by itself.
When you combine veinti- and tres into one word, the spoken stress lands on the final syllable. According to Spanish spelling rules, words ending in an s need a written accent if the stress is on the last syllable. So, we add the accent to the e to make it veintitrés.
I learned that querer (to want) changes its spelling to quier-. Why is it queremos here instead of quieremos?
You are right that querer is a stem-changing verb (the e changes to ie for words like quiero or quiere). However, the nosotros (we) and vosotros (you all) forms never use this stem change. It keeps the original vowel to become queremos.
Do we need to add a word for "we" before queremos?
No, you don't have to. Because the verb ending -emos in queremos tells us exactly who is doing the wanting, the word nosotros is completely optional. Spanish speakers usually leave it out unless they want to add special emphasis.

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