Breakdown of Вас шестеро, пусть кто-нибудь поможет мне!
я
I
вы
you (plural)
помочь
to help (perfective)
кто-нибудь
anyone / someone (unspecified)
пусть
let
шестеро
six (collective)
Questions & Answers about Вас шестеро, пусть кто-нибудь поможет мне!
Why is the pronoun вас in the Genitive case here instead of Nominative (вы)?
When expressing "there are [number] of us/you/them", Russian uses the Genitive case of the personal pronoun (нас, вас, их) acting as the subject, followed by a collective numeral (двое, трое, шестеро, etc.) acting as the predicate. So вас шестеро essentially means "of you, there is a group of six".
Could I say вас шесть instead of вас шестеро?
Grammatically, yes, but it sounds less natural. When stating the number of people in a group using a personal pronoun (мы, вы, они), Russian strongly prefers collective numerals (like двое, трое, четверо, up to десятеро) over regular cardinal numbers (like два, три, шесть).
Why use кто-нибудь instead of кто-то for "someone"?
Кто-то refers to a specific, but unknown person (e.g., "someone called"). Кто-нибудь means "anyone at all" and is heavily used in questions, requests, and future situations where the identity doesn't matter. Since the speaker just wants any one of the six people to help, кто-нибудь is the correct choice.
How does пусть work with the verb поможет here?
The particle пусть combined with a 3rd-person verb creates a third-person imperative command. Here, пусть paired with поможет (which is in the perfective future tense) translates to "let [someone] help" or "have [someone] help".
Just as a quick refresher, why is the pronoun мне used instead of меня?
The verb помогать / помочь (to help) always requires its target to be in the Dative case, never the Accusative. Therefore, "help me" translates to поможет мне.
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