Questions & Answers about Φυσικά θα βοηθήσω τη συνάδελφό μου σήμερα.
What does the particle θα do, and what tense is θα βοηθήσω?
Θα marks the future. Θα βοηθήσω is the simple future (συνοπτικός μέλλοντας), expressing a single, completed action in the future: “I will help (once/at some point).” It’s formed with θα + aorist subjunctive stem (here: βοηθήσω).
What’s the difference between θα βοηθήσω and θα βοηθάω/θα βοηθώ?
- Θα βοηθήσω: simple future → one-off, completed action (“I’ll help [and be done]”).
- Θα βοηθάω/θα βοηθώ: future continuous → ongoing, repeated, or habitual help (“I’ll be helping / I’ll help regularly”).
Do I need the preposition “to” (σε) after βοηθάω/βοηθώ, like in English “help to” someone?
No. In Greek, βοηθάω/βοηθώ takes a direct object in the accusative: βοηθώ κάποιον (“I help someone”), not “βοηθώ σε κάποιον.” You can add σε for the thing you help with: βοηθώ κάποιον σε κάτι (“I help someone with something”).
Why is it τη and not την before συνάδελφό?
Modern spelling often drops the final -ν of the feminine article before most consonants. Keep -ν before a vowel or the consonants κ, π, τ, ξ, ψ, γκ, μπ, ντ, τσ, τζ. Since σ isn’t in that list, you write τη συνάδελφό. Writing την here isn’t wrong in very formal or conservative styles, but τη is the norm.