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Several different pronouns in one sentence

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Could you Please translate these sentences in english:

No te me vayas.

No te me los comas.

Que no se me los coma.

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updated Oct 4, 2014
edited by arnoldsg72
posted by arnoldsg72

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I have never seen anyone use 3 pronouns at the same time before- but I can find the source:

http://artsandsciences.sc.edu/people/deholt01/papers/Holt_SCFLTA_2000.pdf

So on the assumption that they are correct sentences, this is what they would say to me:

No te me vayas. Don't leave on me. Don't go away on me.

No te me los comas. Don't eat all of them up on me. (tú)

Que no se me los coma. That (you/he she it) don't eat all of them up on me. (you would be usted here)

The first irse with me as the indirect object.

The second two comerse with los as the direct object, and me as the indirect object.

updated Oct 4, 2014
edited by bosquederoble
posted by bosquederoble
I give you a vote Bosque, although this would not be understood in England, but we are very poite and the situation is unlikely to occur, we woud rather starve to death than gobble things up in front of others. - annierats, Oct 4, 2014
You could switch the on me in the comerse sentences with "and leave me nothing" - I was just trying to keep in the more literal translation at the expense of a natural sentence. But I am not seriously sure how natural the Spanish actually is. - bosquederoble, Oct 4, 2014
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In addition to Bosque's American examples I've made an effort to translate these rather horrid sentences into plain English.

No te me vayas. Don't you leave me!

No te me los comas. Greedy so and so, don't gobble it all up!

Que no se me los coma. ( as above: Don't you eat it all before I can get to it-- This is not likely to be said in England, anyway)

updated Oct 4, 2014
posted by annierats
Oh I wouldn't have said any of the English or Spanish on my own, I was just trying to provide the closest sense I could get. - bosquederoble, Oct 4, 2014
I suspect that may be creations simply for the purpose of demonstrating the pronoun order, rather than anything anyone would say- if you look at the source i quoted. - bosquederoble, Oct 4, 2014