Breakdown of Ustedes mismos deben acomodar el armario hoy mismo.
ustedes
you (plural)
hoy
today
mismo
same / right (emphatic, e.g. ahora mismo)
deber
must / should
acomodar
to arrange
el armario
the closet
Questions & Answers about Ustedes mismos deben acomodar el armario hoy mismo.
Why does the sentence use ustedes mismos instead of just ustedes?
Adding mismos after a subject pronoun emphasizes exactly who is doing the action. Here, it translates to "yourselves." It stresses that you yourselves have to do the arranging, rather than having someone else do it for you.
What exactly does hoy mismo mean compared to just hoy?
While hoy just means "today," adding mismo makes it emphatic and urgent. Hoy mismo translates to "this very day," "right today," or "today for sure."
Why does the first one say mismos and the second one says mismo?
The word changes based on what it is attached to. When attached to a pronoun like ustedes, it acts like an adjective and must match the plural subject, becoming mismos (or mismas for an all-female group). When attached to a time word like hoy, it acts like an adverb and never changes form, always staying as mismo.
I know acomodar usually means "to accommodate." How is it being used here with a closet?
In Latin American Spanish, acomodar is frequently used to mean "to arrange," "to tidy up," or "to put in order." So acomodar el armario simply means to organize or tidy the closet.
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