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手伝う (てつだう): To help — conjugation and examples

手伝う is read てつだう and means "To help". JLPT N3 word with pitch accent and an example sentence.

手伝う

Reading
てつだう · tetsudau
Translation
To help
Level
JLPT N3
Pitch accent
てつだうが

Example

母の仕事を手伝います。

ははのしごとをてつだいます。

I help my mother with her work.

Conjugation

Polite (ます)
手伝いますてつだいます
Polite negative (ません)
手伝いませんてつだいません
Negative (ない)
手伝わないてつだわない
Past (た)
手伝ったてつだった
Te-form (て)
手伝っててつだって

Kanji in this word

  • 手 — hand
  • 伝 — transmit, tell

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