russian word
to help someone in Russian: помогать
verbimperfectivelevel A1#894 by frequency
every form stress-marked · levels from the official TORFL lexical minimum
Я часто помогаю маме по дому. I often help my mother around the house.
Он всегда помогал друзьям в трудную минуту. He always helped his friends in difficult times.
Это лекарство хорошо помогает от боли. This medicine works well for pain.
Это лекарство мне очень помогает. This medicine helps me a lot.
What does помогать mean in Russian?
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to help someone
Aspect pair
This verb is imperfective: ongoing or repeated action. Its perfective partner, for a completed one-time result, is
Conjugation of помогать
Stress marks show the stressed vowel; it moves between forms more often than learners expect.
| present | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| я / мы | помогаю | помогаем |
| ты / вы | помогаешь | помогаете |
| он / они | помогает | помогают |
| past | |
|---|---|
| masc | помогал |
| fem | помогала |
| neut | помогало |
| plural | помогали |
| imperative | |
|---|---|
| ты | помогай |
| вы | помогайте |
Participles and gerunds
present activeпомогающий
past activeпомогавший
gerund (imperfective)помогая
gerund (perfective)помогав
gerund (perfective)помогавши