Mar 3, 2002 20:42
22 yrs ago
English term
Steph
help me
Non-PRO
English to Greek
Other
Somebody is in trouble. This person is calling for help.
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Anthi Kotsiliou
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βοήθεια (voithia), βοήθησέ με (voithise me), βοηθήστε με (voithiste me)
The first term means simply "help". The second one is a request for help from another person while the third one is the same request addressed to more people.
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11 mins
Yannis Pistofidis
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Βοήθεια!
voi'thia.
If you really want to say help ME you'd say βοηθείστε με (voithi'ste me).
If you really want to say help ME you'd say βοηθείστε με (voithi'ste me).
Peer comment(s):
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Anthi Kotsiliou
: but you would spell it "βοηθήστε"
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Spyros Chryssikopoulos
: See below
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Spyros Chryssikopoulos
Greece
Greece
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Greece
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Works in: English to Greek, Spanish to Greek
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Βοήθεια! - Βοήθα με/Βοήθησέ με - ΒΟηθάτε με/Βοηθήστε με
Vo'ithia! - Just a cry for help
Vo'itha me - Ask one person to help you, (you can also say - vo'ithis'e me)
Voith'ate me - Ask more than one persons to help you
Voith'iste me - Ask more than one persons to help you or ask for help from one person talking him in plural number (e.g. a boy talking to an adult)
As far as the spelling is concerned the verb βοηθώ (voith'o) derives from βοηθέω-ώ (voith'eo- 'o) and the plural for imperative is βοηθήσετε, βοηθήστε (voith'iste).
In modern days we use all verbs of this kind as if they ending in -ao. For example we say βοηθάω, βοηθάς. The imperative in this case is originally βοηθήσατε (voith'isate) and the final form βοηθήστε (voith'iste).
In conclusion βοηθείστε (voith'iste) is spelled incorrectly.
Vo'itha me - Ask one person to help you, (you can also say - vo'ithis'e me)
Voith'ate me - Ask more than one persons to help you
Voith'iste me - Ask more than one persons to help you or ask for help from one person talking him in plural number (e.g. a boy talking to an adult)
As far as the spelling is concerned the verb βοηθώ (voith'o) derives from βοηθέω-ώ (voith'eo- 'o) and the plural for imperative is βοηθήσετε, βοηθήστε (voith'iste).
In modern days we use all verbs of this kind as if they ending in -ao. For example we say βοηθάω, βοηθάς. The imperative in this case is originally βοηθήσατε (voith'isate) and the final form βοηθήστε (voith'iste).
In conclusion βοηθείστε (voith'iste) is spelled incorrectly.
Peer comment(s):
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Yannis Pistofidis
: You all perfect people! Check your spelling as well. I suppose you wanted to say that the verb derives from βοηθάω - βοηθώ and not βοηθΕω.
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Dear Yannis the imperative of βοηθέω in ancient greek would be βοηθείτε. In modern greek we use the imperative of the future tense βοηθήστε.
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Anthi Kotsiliou
: actually it's the imperative of the past tense. By the way nobody is perfect, adding a comment or suggesting a different translation should be fun.
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Natassa Iosifidou
: no comments...
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What can I ever expect from you! :-)
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Calliope76
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