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RUSSIAN VERB

помогать

to help

  • #89 most used
  • Imperfective verb

Conjugation

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Present

Настоящее время · now and habits: imperfective verbs only

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

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 помогать

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

  1. Present

    Катя помогает мне с документами, а я ей с английским.

    Katya helps me with paperwork, and I help her with English.

  2. Past

    В детстве я помогала бабушке в саду.

    As a child I helped Grandma in the garden.

  3. Future

    Я буду помогать тебе с уроками каждый вечер.

    I'll help you with your homework every evening.

  4. Conditional

    Я бы помогала больше, но у меня дежурства.

    I'd help more, but I have shifts at the hospital.

  5. Imperative

    Помогай маме, она устала после работы.

    Help your mum, she's tired after work.

Good to know

  • Помогать takes the dative: помогать маме, помогать другу. Помочь is the perfective; помогать по дому is to help around the house.

Verbs like this one

The same pattern, on other verbs: imperfective verb.