Помогите мне
pomogite mne
The English phrase "help me" is translated into Russian as Помогите мне (pomogite mne).
This phrase is a request for assistance when someone is in need or in danger. In an emergency or a cry for help, Russians often drop the мне (me) and simply shout Помогите! (Help!).
How does it change in a sentence?
The form Помогите мне is the polite or plural form. When addressing one person you know well or a child, you use the informal Помоги мне. If you need to use the noun for "help" or "assistance", the word is помощь, which is a feminine noun.
How do you pronounce it?
pomogite mne
Did you know?
- If you are in a very desperate situation, you might hear Спасите!, which means 'save me'. This is considered more urgent and dramatic than the standard Помогите!
- While Помогите! is used for emergencies, Russians use the phrase Выручай! (save/rescue me) when asking a friend for a favor or a quick fix to a problem.
- The phrase помощь is used in the term взаимопомощь, which describes a culture of mutual aid and communal support common in Slavic history.
Examples in context
- Помогите мне с этим.Help me with this.This sentence shows how to use Помогите мне to ask for help with a specific task.Tatoeba #8546730 by marafon, translation #6576562 by Eccles17
- Помогите мне их найти.Help me find them.This sentence uses Помогите мне to ask for help in finding something.Tatoeba #4589233 by marafon, translation #3918337 by CH
- Помогите мне её найти.Help me find her.This sentence uses Помогите мне to ask for help in finding a person.Tatoeba #4589237 by marafon, translation #3918339 by CH
- Помогите мне, пожалуйста.Please help me.
- Могли бы вы помочь мне?Could you help me?
- Ну помоги!Help!
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Example conversation
Ekaterina is lost in a large, unfamiliar building.
- Екатерина EkaterinaПомогите мне, пожалуйста, я заблудилась.Pomogite mne, pozhaluysta, ya zabludilas'.Help me, please, I am lost.
- Андрей AndreyКонечно, куда вам нужно попасть?Konechno, kuda vam nuzhno popast'?Of course, where do you need to go?
- Екатерина EkaterinaМне нужно к выходу из этого здания.Mne nuzhno k vykhodu iz etogo zdaniya.I need to get to the exit of this building.
- Андрей AndreyЯ провожу вас, идите за мной.Ya provozhu vas, idite za mnoy.I will escort you, follow me.
Sources
- Example sentences: Tatoeba CC BY 2.0 FR.
