In spanish, how do you know where to put the accent mark on a command using a reflexive verb on a tu command?

Answer 1

I think you mean for example:
Siéntate = sit down
Párate = stand up
cómete = eat up (... something)
mírate = look at you

Those words have the accent on the antepenult syllable (the third one counting from the last one to the previous ones), so they always have accent marks.

PS: To put the accent mark in the first vowel doesn't work every time. For example:
Arréglate = tidy up yourself (or something like that)
arriésgate = be daring
inspírate = inspire yourself (find inspiration)

The SPELLING RULE says that all the words accented on the antepenult syllable must have an accent mark. So you should count from the last syllable and go backwards.
And that's all. The accent marks don't have to do with anything else in the sentence.
This is easy to chek out in any book about Spanish Spelling.

Edit
Of course "cómete" exists. E.g.: "Cómete toda la comida" = Eat up all your food. We say it all the time to the children.

Answer 2

ahcgr32 has the right answer. I'm sure everybody here has good intentions, but not everybody has the knowledge of their own language. And if somebody didn't know it or it's not of common use in their country that doesn't mean it's wrong. Spanish has actually very clear rules about spelling. It's not a matter of opinion and it's something different than grammar.


EDIT --- Envíamelo has an accent mark on the i not on the e. And envía has the same accent mark because it's an hiatus (it breaks the 2 vowels together).
I don't know where all that complicated theory comes from, califa_forever.

Answer 3

Hilarious! Those people didn't have a clue about Spanish grammar and gave you bogus answers. Which syllable of a "tu" command gets the ' mark? The answer lies in the combination of pronunciation rules and verb conjugation in conjunction with direct and indirect objects. The ' accent is only needed in a tu command when it's concatenated with a direct and/or indirect object. Why? To make sure the right syllable of the verb gets stressed and which one? The second one from the right unless it's a one-syllable word. For example, "Send them to me"=Énviamelos. This is a combination of envia+me+los. Without "me" and "los", en is stressed and must always be stressed. Now with "me" and "los",the ' is required to maintain that emphasis. Without "me" and "los", just say envia without the accent.

Answer 4

Normally a command for "tú" will have an accent on the first syllable.

vístete = get dressed (vís-te-te)
ándate = go away (án-da-te)
cállate = shut up (cá-lla-te)

I wouldn´t know how to explain it further. I hope it helps you somehow.

Anyway what the others above me said, is wrong. Cómete or háblate doesn´t exist. Why do they say those things?

Edit:
I said normally, I didn´t say always and I also said I couldn´t explain it further. Thank you all for being more clear.
The command form for come la comida = cómela

Edit (2)
For andrea ésta es una pregunta específica acerca de acentos en "command = orden" no estamos hablando de reglas generales de acentuación, como palabras agudas, graves o llanas o esdrújulas. Vale mi niño?

Answer 5

Whan your talking the word sound diferent like when they want a word to sound more than the others. Like comitE in the E is were the accent goes.

Answer 6

What word are you trying to say in Spanish? If you're trying to say something like "you speak!" then it would be "hablarte!" with an accent on the first a. The accent is always on the same letter of the word as it would be if te wasn't added. That goes for pretty much every word.

Answer 7

listen to what vowel is emphasized, if it is not the 2nd vowel, then it should get an accent.

Answer 8

USUALLY it is on the first vowel in the word.

like hablate it is on the first a