Obedecês

Obedecês is a verbal form that appears in discussions of Portuguese conjugation. It denotes the second-person singular present indicative of the verb obedecer (to obey) in certain regional varieties or historical spellings. In modern standard Portuguese, the typical form used with the second person singular informal is obedeces (with no circumflex), while the corresponding form for the third person singular or for pronouns like você is obedece. The spelling obedecês, with the circumflex on the e, is considered dialectal or archaic in many varieties and is not common in contemporary formal writing.

Usage and regional notes

Obedecês has been observed in some dialect writings and older texts, where diacritic marks were employed to indicate vowel quality or stress differences. Today, it is mainly encountered in phonetic transcriptions, dialect studies, or literary works aiming to reproduce specific regional speech patterns. In standard Brazilian and European Portuguese, speakers would more often use obedeces (tu) or obedece (você/ele/ela) in everyday writing and speech.

Examples

- Tu obedecês as ordens sem questionar. (dialectal spelling)

- Tu obedeces as ordens sem questionar. (standard form in many regions)

Etymology

Derived from obedecer, with a second-person singular ending that, in some dialectal spellings, takes the -ês form to reflect pronunciation. The circunflex in the a posterior mark is not a universal or obligatory feature in modern usage.

See also

Obedecer, obedecer conjugation, Portuguese dialects, Brazilian Portuguese, European Portuguese.