Accents when combing indirect and direct objects

Question

When adding an indirect and direct object to a command, do you need to place an accent on the word. For example, is it "mandamelas" or "mándamelas."

Could you please tell us your language preference and your mother tongue, thanks mate , good question . Welcome to the forum. - ray76, Sep 16, 2014

Answer 1

Yes, when pronouns are added to a command, the verb retains the accent that it had before. Manda, Mandamelas. This latter word requires a written accent mark (mándamelas), because otherwise (without a written accent), it would be pronounced mandamelas. (i.e. the default is the second-to-last syllable, for a word ending in a vowel, n, or s).

Hope that helps!

Answer 2

Muchas gracias.

¡De nada! - JDB1920, Sep 16, 2014

Answer 3

English is my native tongue. The question refers to Spanish.

Of course it refers to Spanish, but people can answer it better when they know if you are an English-speaker learning Spanish, or a Spanish-speaker wanting to refine grammatical knowledge of his/her own language. - JDB1920, Sep 16, 2014

That's the only reason why we ask... - JDB1920, Sep 16, 2014