Vos commands: hablá, comé, vení

Explanation

In voseo regions (Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay, Bolivia, much of Central America), the affirmative vos command is the infinitive minus -r, with a written accent on the final vowel: mirá, vení, escuchá, decime.

This makes vos commands more regular than tú commands: no stem changes (pensá, not *piensá; dormí), and the eight tú irregulars mostly vanish, vos says decí, hacé, vení, salí, tené, poné. Only ser (sé) and ir (suppleted by andá) stay irregular.

With attached pronouns the accent often disappears because stress lands naturally: levantate, sentate, decime, tomalo. Negative commands use the subjunctive, with regional variation between no hables and no hablés.

Examples

Prerequisites

• Affirmative tú commands: habla, come, escribe

Related rules

• Affirmative tú commands: habla, come, escribe
• Eight irregular tú commands: di, haz, ve, pon, sal, sé, ten, ven
• Attaching pronouns to commands: dímelo, levántate