Russian reference
помогать
to help (imperfective)
Regular · 9 form tables
Includes aspect specific future forms, requests and conditional constructions. Stress marks are retained. Participles and verbal adverbs appear separately; a missing form is not supplied by this reference.
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Indicative
Present
| Person, form or usage | Form and meaning |
|---|---|
| я | I help |
| ты | you help |
| он / она / оно | he/she/it helps |
| мы | we help |
| вы | you (plural) help |
| они | they help |
Past
| Person, form or usage | Form and meaning |
|---|---|
| я | I helped |
| ты | you helped |
| он / она / оно | he/she/it helped |
| мы | we helped |
| вы | you (plural) helped |
| они | they helped |
Future
| Person, form or usage | Form and meaning |
|---|---|
| я | I will help |
| ты | you will help |
| он / она / оно | he/she/it will help |
| мы | we will help |
| вы | you (plural) will help |
| они | they will help |
Imperfective future
| Person, form or usage | Form and meaning |
|---|---|
| я | I will help |
| ты | you will help |
| он / она / оно | he/she/it will help |
| мы | we will help |
| вы | you (plural) will help |
| они | they will help |
Requests and wishes
Imperative
| Person, form or usage | Form and meaning |
|---|---|
| ты | help! |
| вы | help! (plural) |
Let us
| Person, form or usage | Form and meaning |
|---|---|
| мы | let us help (imperfective) |
Conditional
| Person, form or usage | Form and meaning |
|---|---|
| я | I would help |
| ты | you would help |
| он / она / оно | he/she/it would help |
| мы | we would help |
| вы | you (plural) would help |
| они | they would help |
So that / want someone to
| Person, form or usage | Form and meaning |
|---|---|
| я | so that I help |
| ты | so that you help |
| он / она / оно | so that he/she/it help |
| мы | so that we help |
| вы | so that you (plural) help |
| они | so that they help |
If … would
| Person, form or usage | Form and meaning |
|---|---|
| я | if I help |
| ты | if you help |
| он / она / оно | if he/she/it help |
| мы | if we help |
| вы | if you (plural) help |
| они | if they help |
Additional forms
Infinitive
| Person, form or usage | Form and meaning |
|---|---|
| Form | to help (imperfective) |
Present active participle
| Person, form or usage | Form and meaning |
|---|---|
| Form | one who is performing the action: to help (imperfective) |
Past active participle
| Person, form or usage | Form and meaning |
|---|---|
| Form | one who was performing the action: to help (imperfective) |
Simultaneous verbal adverb
| Person, form or usage | Form and meaning |
|---|---|
| Form | while performing the action: to help (imperfective) |
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