Breakdown of Её доброта помогает всем вокруг.
она
she / it (for a feminine noun)
помогать
to help
вокруг
around
доброта
kindness
Questions & Answers about Её доброта помогает всем вокруг.
Why is the word for "everyone" in the form всем?
The verb помогать (to help) requires its object to be in the dative case. Всем is the dative plural form of все (everyone/all), so literally it translates to "helps to everyone."
Wait, doesn't всем also mean "with everything" in the instrumental case?
Yes, it does! This is a very common trap. Всем is both the dative plural of все (to everyone) and the instrumental singular of всё (with everything). Because the verb помогает triggers the dative case, we know it means "to everyone" in this context.
Why doesn't Её change its ending to match the feminine noun доброта?
Unlike words like мой (my) or наш (our), the third-person possessive pronouns его (his/its), её (her), and их (their) are frozen. They never change their form, regardless of the gender, number, or case of the noun they describe.
I usually see вокруг followed by a noun in the genitive case. Why is it just sitting at the end of the sentence here?
Вокруг can function as a preposition meaning "around something" (like вокруг стола - around the table), which does require the genitive case. However, in this sentence, it acts as a standalone adverb meaning simply "around" or "surrounding," so it doesn't need an object.
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