Portuguese Phrase
Com quem você joga?
Meaning
Literally ‘With whom do you play?’, this sentence asks the listener about the person or people they usually play games, sports, or video games with. It can be used for any kind of playing activity, from soccer on the beach to an online multiplayer match.
When to use
Use this question in informal or semi‑formal conversation when you want to know a partner’s playing companions – for example, after meeting a new classmate, during a sports practice, or while chatting about video‑game habits.
✦Grammar Breakdown
Comquemvocêjoga?
Preposition + interrogative pronoun
When a preposition (Com) is followed by an interrogative pronoun (quem), the pronoun stays unchanged; the preposition stays attached to the question.
Subject pronoun ‘você’
‘Você’ is the neutral second‑person singular pronoun in Brazilian Portuguese; it triggers third‑person verb conjugation.
Verb ‘jogar’ (present)
The verb jogar is conjugated as ‘joga’ for ‘você/ele/ela’; note the regular -ar ending –‑a for the 3rd‑person singular.
Question intonation
Portuguese yes‑no questions keep the same word order as statements; the rising intonation at the end signals a question.
🗨In Conversation
Com quem você joga?
Who do you play with?
Eu jogo com meus amigos da escola, mas às vezes jogo online com gente de outros países.
I play with my school friends, but sometimes I play online with people from other countries.
✕Common Mistakes
Com qual você joga?
‘Qual’ asks for a thing or a choice, not a person. Use ‘quem’ for people.
Com quem você jogo?
‘Jogo’ is the first‑person singular form; with ‘você’ you need the third‑person form ‘joga’.
Você joga com quem?
Word order is acceptable in spoken Portuguese, but the standard written question keeps the preposition before the pronoun.
↔Alternatives
Com quem você costuma jogar?
Who do you usually play with?
Com quem você está jogando agora?
Who are you playing with right now?
Com quem você joga normalmente?
Who do you normally play with?
Cultural Tip
In Brazil, ‘você’ is the most common way to address someone you’re not extremely close to; in the South (Rio Grande do Sul) and parts of the Northeast, people may prefer ‘tu’, which would change the verb to ‘jogas’. Also, ‘jogar’ covers a wide range of activities – board games, sports, and video games – so the context usually makes the meaning clear. If you want to be more specific, you can say ‘jogar futebol’ (play soccer) or ‘jogar videogame’ (play video games).