Breakdown of Мой брат поможет нам вечером.
брат
brother
мы
we
мой
my / mine
вечером
in the evening
помочь
to help (perfective)
Questions & Answers about Мой брат поможет нам вечером.
Why does поможет mean 'will help' when it has a present tense ending?
Поможет is a perfective verb. Perfective verbs focus on the completion of an action, so they cannot describe an ongoing action in the present. When you add standard present-tense endings (like -ет) to a perfective verb, it automatically creates the simple future tense!
Why is 'us' translated as нам here instead of нас?
The verb помочь (to help) always requires its object to be in the Dative case. In Russian logic, you do not just 'help someone', you 'give help TO someone'. Нам is the Dative form of мы (we).
Why does the word for evening (вечер) have an -ом ending here?
Adding -ом puts the noun into the Instrumental case. In Russian, times of day use the Instrumental case to say 'in the' or 'during the' time. So, while вечер is just 'evening', вечером means 'in the evening'.
What is the dictionary form (infinitive) of поможет?
The infinitive is помочь. Verbs ending in -чь often have slight stem changes when conjugated, which is why the end of the root changes into a -ж- to make поможет (he/she/it will help).
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