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