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Está or están here in this sentence?

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Coca-cola , té y café están sobre la mesa. Sírvanse ustedes mismos.

Coc-cola , té y café todo está sobre la mesa.Sírvanse ustedes mismos.

I have two questions here, 1. Those two sentences , do they mean the same or which one is correct? In my book says the second one,but I wonder if I can put it in the first form, is it also correct?

  1. Why has Mismo here?? What does it mean here ? How to translate this sentence with Mismo?
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updated Jan 24, 2011
posted by zhmelissa
To me, number 1 seems definitely correct and number 2 is *probably* correct (I'm just not sure about #2). - webdunce, Jan 21, 2011
I wrote the number by myself, but in my book ,it says the second one. - zhmelissa, Jan 21, 2011

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Coca-cola , té y café están sobre la mesa. Sírvanse ustedes mismos

Coca-cola, tea, and coffee are on the table. Serve yourselves.

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Coc-cola , té y café todo está sobre la mesa.Sírvanse ustedes mismos.

Possibly (I'm not 100% sure): Coca-cola, tea, and coffee...each is on the table. Serve yourselves.

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Mismo can translate as "self" into English...

ustedes mismos / tú mismo / mí mismo = yourselves / yourself / myself

It can also translate as "this very" or "right"...

ahora mismo = right now or this very moment

este mismo lugar = this very place

updated Jan 21, 2011
posted by webdunce
perfect answer - 00494d19, Jan 21, 2011
Thank you WEb I have learnt something new here today I knew that están was correct but I didn't know that the singular: está was also permissable with a slightly changed meaning - FELIZ77, Jan 21, 2011
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mí mismo = yourselves / yourself / myself

confused

Yo misma or mismo

tú mismo/a...

él mismo

ella misma

Ellos mismos

Ellas mismas

vosotros mismos o mismas

nostotros mismos o mismas

updated Jan 21, 2011
posted by 00494d19
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I have one question here.

ustedes mismos / tú mismo / mí mismo = yourselves / yourself / myself

myself = mi mismo o yo mismo?

updated Jan 21, 2011
posted by zhmelissa
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Sírvanse ustedes mismos means like selfservice: Ustedes se sirven a ustedes.

La coca-cola, el té y el café... Con el artículo delante es más correcto. Sin el artículo estás tratando las bebidas como nombres propios: Pedro y Juan están sobre la mesa. La cerveza y el agua están sobre la mesa.

updated Jan 24, 2011
posted by miselfyo
No decimos sobre la mesa. Por lo general decimos en la mesa, aunque sobre sea correcto. - gone, Jan 24, 2011
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What does it mean by yo mismo, tu mismo/misma. el mismo;misma, ella mismo/misma,vosotros/nosotros/mismos y mismas?

La comida está sobre la mesa. Sirvanse ustedes mismos.

What does it mean?

updated Jan 21, 2011
edited by zhmelissa
posted by zhmelissa
The answers are in Heidi's and webdunce's replies above. Are you actually reading the member's replies. - Eddy, Jan 21, 2011