pomogat

Pomogat, in Russian, corresponds to the verb пасомогать? No—the infinitive is помощать? Correction: the standard form is помогать. In transliteration, pomogat represents the verb meaning to help or to assist. It is the imperfective aspect, used for ongoing, repeated, or habitual helping, and it governs the dative case for the person being helped (for example, помогать другу).

Etymology and cognates: The verb derives from Old East Slavic and Proto-Slavic roots, with cognates across Slavic languages, such as Polish pomagać and Ukrainian допомагати. The related noun meaning aid or assistance is помощь.

Usage and meaning: Pomogat conveys providing aid or support in various contexts, from everyday acts of assistance to ongoing charitable or supportive actions. It contrasts with its perfective counterpart, pomoch’, which expresses a single, completed act of helping. The present tense forms describe current helping, while past tense describes completed past helping. The future can be formed in two ways: imperfective future with буду помогать (to be helping) or the perfective future with помогу, поможешь, поможет, поможем, поможете, помогут (I will help, you will help, etc.).

Conjugation overview: In the present tense, я помогаю, ты помогаешь, он помогает, мы помогаем, вы помогаете, они помогают. Past tense: помогал, помогала, помогало, помогали. Imperative: помогай, помогайте. Future: буду помогать; поможу, поможешь, поможет, поможем, поможете, помогут.

Related forms: помогающий (participial adjective meaning helping), помощь (noun meaning help or assistance).