Questions & Answers about Quiero más pan y más queso.
Why is there no yo (I) before quiero?
In Spanish, the ending of the verb tells you who is doing the action. Because quiero ends in -o, it already means I want. You can say yo quiero, but the pronoun is usually left out unless you want to emphasize it. Why does más have an accent mark?
The accent mark on más (more) is used to tell it apart from another word that is spelled exactly the same: mas (without an accent), which is a formal word meaning but. As a beginner, you will almost always use más with the accent! In English I would just say more bread and cheese. Why does the Spanish sentence repeat más?
While you could technically say más pan y queso, Spanish speakers often repeat modifier words like más before each noun for clarity and a natural rhythm. It sounds much more natural in Spanish to literally say more bread and more cheese. Why do we not use a word like el or un before pan and queso?
Just like in English, when you are talking about an unspecified or uncountable amount of something (like saying some bread or just bread), you often leave out the article. You can put the nouns pan and queso directly after más. Learn Quiero más pan y más queso and more in Spanish
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