Breakdown of Sen de gel!
sen
you
gelmek
to come
de
too, also (de/da) / even if (concessive particle after conditional) / and (linking clauses)
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Questions & Answers about Sen de gel!
Why is gel just the bare root of the verb?
In Turkish, giving a direct command to one person (the singular "you") is very simple: you just use the bare verb root. By dropping the -mek from gelmek (to come), you get gel, which is the imperative form meaning "Come!".
Do I always have to use sen when giving a command to someone?
No, you can usually leave out sen because a command is obviously directed at the person you are talking to. It is used here for emphasis, making the sentence mean "You come too!" rather than just "Come too!".
Why is de written as a completely separate word?
When de (or da) is written as a separate word, it means "also" or "too". If it were attached to the pronoun as a location suffix, like sende, it would mean "in you" or "on you".
Why does the sentence use de instead of da?
Even though it is a separate word, the "too/also" particle still obeys vowel harmony with the word right before it. Because sen has the front vowel e, the particle becomes de. If the previous word had a back vowel, like onlar (they), it would be onlar da (they too).