手伝います（てつだいます、tetsudaimasu）
- to help

The Japanese word 手伝います 手伝います means "to help," "to assist," or "to lend a hand." It indicates offering assistance to someone in completing a task or providing support. It can also imply aiding in a situation.

⚫︎宿題を手伝います。 Translation: I will help with the homework. ⚫︎引っ越しを手伝いますか？ Translation: Shall I help with the move? ⚫︎困っている人を手伝います。 Translation: I will help someone who is in trouble.

⚫︎You use 手伝います to express your willingness to help someone. ⚫︎It's common to offer help using this verb. ⚫︎You can also use it to describe an action you already did to help. ⚫︎The person you are helping is typically marked with the particle を or に, when it comes to the person's task. For Example, 友達を手伝います (I will help my friend). ⚫︎When the object of the helping is a task, it's typically marked with the particle を. For Example, 宿題を手伝います (I will help with homework). ⚫︎ The basic form, 手伝います is polite. The plain form (used with friends or family) is 手伝う. The present and future tense forms use the stem and conjugation. For Example: 手伝った (helped), 手伝わない (won't help).

⚫︎The word is typically written in kanji as 手伝います, but can also be written in hiragana as てつだいます. ⚫︎The verb 手伝います is composed of the kanji 手 (te - hand), 伝 (tsuta - convey), and the hiragana います which is the polite conjugation of the verb いる (iru - to be, exist). ⚫︎The okurigana (hiragana following the kanji) is います. The stem is 手伝.

⚫︎助けます（tasukemasu）- To help, to assist. ⚫︎手助けします（te-dazuke shimasu） - To assist, to help. ⚫︎手伝う（tetsudau）- This is the plain form of 手伝います.

⚫︎邪魔します（jyama shimasu） - To disturb, to interrupt. ⚫︎妨げます（samatagemasu）- To obstruct, to prevent.

お母さんの料理を手伝います。 ・Translation: I will help my mother with cooking. ・Explanation: This sentence expresses the speaker's willingness to assist their mother in preparing food. The particle を shows the task.

荷物を運ぶのを手伝いますか？ ・Translation: Shall I help you carry your luggage? ・Explanation: This sentence offers assistance with carrying luggage. The particle を marks the task, which is to carry the luggage.

⚫︎The verb 手伝います is a compound word. 手 (te) means "hand," and 伝 (tsuta) means "to convey" or "to transmit." The implication is to "pass along" one's hand, therefore providing assistance. ⚫︎The suffix います is the polite present tense conjugation.