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Why is “Y penses-tu?” correct and “Penses-y tu?” wrong?

Pronouns always come before the verb in French:

Tu y penses.
Tu me le donnes.

Except for two cases:

In a question with inversion, the subject pronoun goes after the verb and is attached to it with a hyphen:

Y penses-tu ?
Me le donnes-tu ?
In the imperative form, the verb comes first and the pronouns follow (also attached to it with one or more hyphens). Note that in the imperative there is no subject.

Penses-y !
Donne-le-moi !