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RUSSIAN VERB

помочь

to help (one time)

  • #90 most used
  • Perfective verb

Conjugation

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Past

Прошедшее время · by gender and number: он говорил, она говорила

  1. он he helped
  2. она she helped
  3. оно it helped
  4. они they helped

Future

Будущее время · “буду” and the infinitive for an imperfective verb; a perfective verb conjugates by itself

  1. я I will help
  2. ты you will help
  3. он, она, оно he/she will help
  4. мы we will help
  5. вы you all will help
  6. они they will help

Conditional

Условное наклонение · “would”: the past and “бы”

  1. он he would help
  2. она she would help
  3. оно it would help
  4. они they would help

Imperative

Повелительное наклонение · requests and orders: ты, вы

  1. ты help!
  2. вы help! (formal, or all of you)

How to use помочь

One sentence for each tense, the way people say it.

  1. Past

    Дима помог мне с чемоданом.

    Dima helped me with the suitcase.

  2. Future

    Не волнуйся, я тебе помогу.

    Don't worry, I'll help you.

  3. Conditional

    Я бы помог, но я не понимаю анкету.

    I'd help, but I don't understand the form.

  4. Imperative

    Помоги бабушке надеть пальто, пожалуйста.

    Help Grandma put on her coat, please.

Good to know

  • The person you help is in the dative: помочь маме, помогите мне.

Where you hear помочь

The lessons that teach a form of it, and how they say it.

Russian · Beginner Level 2

  • Помогите, пожалуйста! Help, please!
  • Дима помог мне встать. Dima helped me get up.
  • Я тебе помогу. I'll help you.

Russian · Beginner Level 3

  • Помогите, пожалуйста! Help, please!
  • Дима помог мне встать. Dima helped me get up.
  • Я тебе помогу. I'll help you.

Verbs like this one

The same pattern, on other verbs: perfective verb.