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Mets ce peignoir et détends-toi.

Mets ce peignoir et détends-toi.
Put on this bathrobe and relax.
From Lesson 113:Commands with reflexive pronouns (lève-toi)·French

Questions & Answers about Mets ce peignoir et détends-toi.

Why is it détends-toi instead of te détends?
When you give a positive command (telling someone to do something) using a reflexive verb like se détendre (to relax), the pronoun moves after the verb and attaches with a hyphen. Also, the pronoun te changes to toi. So, tu te détends (you relax) becomes détends-toi (relax!).
Why does mets have an 's' at the end? I thought we drop the 's' for the tu form of commands!
You only drop the 's' in the tu command form for verbs that end in -er (like mange or parle). The verb mettre (to put on) is an -re verb. Since its regular tu form is tu mets, it keeps the 's' in the command form.
Why do we use ce for "this" here?
Ce means "this" or "that" before a masculine singular noun that starts with a consonant, like peignoir. If the masculine noun started with a vowel, you would use cet, and if it were feminine, you would use cette.
Can mettre mean both "to put" and "to put on"?
Yes! Mettre is a very common and flexible verb. It can mean "to put" an object somewhere or "to put on" an item of clothing, as it does here with the bathrobe.

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