Breakdown of Envíale el recordatorio a tu compañero de piso.
tu
your (singular)
a
to
le
to him / to her / to you (formal) / him (direct object, male person)
enviar
to send
Questions & Answers about Envíale el recordatorio a tu compañero de piso.
Why does envíale have an accent mark?
The verb enviar (to send) has a spoken stress on the 'i' in its tú imperative form: envía. When you attach the pronoun le to the end, the spoken stress of the verb doesn't move. Because the stress is now on the third-to-last syllable, the word becomes an esdrújula (a word stressed on the antepenultimate syllable), which always requires a written accent mark in Spanish.
Why is le attached to the verb when the sentence already specifies a tu compañero de piso?
This is a common Spanish feature called reduplication. When you have an indirect object introduced by a (like a tu compañero de piso), it is extremely common—and usually grammatically required—to also include the matching indirect object pronoun (le). Even at a B2 level, it is a great habit to always include this redundant pronoun, as dropping it sounds unnatural to native speakers.
How does this sentence fit into the "Imperative + y + Future" conditional structure from this lesson?
You can use this affirmative imperative as the condition of a sentence. Just add y (and) followed by a consequence in the future tense. For example: Envíale el recordatorio a tu compañero de piso y te pagará el alquiler (Send the reminder to your flatmate and he will pay you the rent). This functions exactly like saying "If you send the reminder..." (Si le envías el recordatorio...).
In Spain, is compañero de piso the standard way to say "flatmate" or "roommate"?