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Other Examples
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Hilfst du mir mit den Hausaufgaben?
Will you help me with my homework?
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Bruno und Emil helfen beim Kochen.
Bruno and Emil help with the cooking.
Grammar
- Present
- er/sie/es hilft What happens now or usually.
- Simple past (Präteritum)
- er/sie/es half The past in stories and in writing; in speech mostly with sein, haben and the modal verbs.
- Perfect (Perfekt)
- er/sie/es hat geholfen The past in conversation. Verbs of movement or change take "ist", most others "hat".
Phrases With This Word
- Kann ich helfen? Can I help?
Conjugation
The verb in every person; under each table, when German uses it.
| Person | Präsens | Präteritum | Perfekt |
|---|---|---|---|
| ich | helfe | half | habe geholfen |
| du | hilfst | halfst | hast geholfen |
| er/sie/es | hilft | half | hat geholfen |
| wir | helfen | halfen | haben geholfen |
| ihr | helft | halft | habt geholfen |
| sie/Sie | helfen | halfen | haben geholfen |
- Präsens
- What happens now or usually; with a time word also the future.
- Präteritum
- The past in stories and in writing; in speech mostly with sein, haben and the modal verbs.
- Perfekt
- The past in conversation.
More Tenses and Moods
| Person | Plusquamperfekt | Futur I | Futur II |
|---|---|---|---|
| ich | hatte geholfen | werde helfen | werde geholfen haben |
| du | hattest geholfen | wirst helfen | wirst geholfen haben |
| er/sie/es | hatte geholfen | wird helfen | wird geholfen haben |
| wir | hatten geholfen | werden helfen | werden geholfen haben |
| ihr | hattet geholfen | werdet helfen | werdet geholfen haben |
| sie/Sie | hatten geholfen | werden helfen | werden geholfen haben |
- Plusquamperfekt
- What had happened before another moment in the past.
- Futur I
- Plans, promises and guesses about the future; often the Präsens is enough.
- Futur II
- What will be finished by a moment in the future, or a guess about the past.
| Person | Konjunktiv II |
|---|---|
| ich | hälfe |
| du | hälfst |
| er/sie/es | hälfe |
| wir | hälfen |
| ihr | hälft |
| sie/Sie | hälfen |
- Konjunktiv II
- Wishes, polite requests and what isn't real.
| Person | Imperativ |
|---|---|
| du | hilf! |
| ihr | helft! |
| Sie | helfen Sie! |
- Imperativ
- Requests and instructions to du, ihr and Sie.
How the Word Is Built
helf root en ending
- -en
- the ending of the infinitive, the form of a verb in the dictionary.
Word family
In Otti's situations: Otti's day, Frida volunteers
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