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Top 500verb, imperfective

помога́ть

[pəmɐˈɡatʲ]to help

Frequency rank #492 About 1 in every 5,100 words in Russian film and TV. The top 500 words make up 71.0% of everything said.
помогать #492

Meaning

  1. to help
  2. to aid, to assist materially
  3. to avail, to work

Examples

Я ему́ помога́л.

I was helping him.

Я дру́гу помога́ю де́ньгами.

I'm helping a friend with money.

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Forms by frequency

  • помога́етsingular, 3rd person, present#1,592
  • помога́тьinfinitive#1,720
  • помога́лmasculine, singular, past#4,077
  • помога́юsingular, 1st person, present#5,018
  • помога́ютplural, 3rd person, present#5,901
  • помога́ешьsingular, 2nd person, present#6,328
  • помога́лаfeminine, singular, past#6,842
  • помога́лиplural, past#10,450
  • помога́етеplural, 2nd person, present#15,249
  • помога́емplural, 1st person, present#15,982
  • помога́яpresent, gerund#19,432
  • помога́йimperative, singular, 2nd person#21,540
  • помога́лоneuter, singular, past#24,685
  • помога́йтеimperative, plural, 2nd person#42,743

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