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Today I want to show you how to ask for help in Spanish. This is one of the most important things you should learn when learning a new language.
As usual, I will write a pronunciation guide in parenthesis, but you can always check the tables I created to help you with Spanish Pronunciation.
Lets begin. Ill start by giving you the translations to both the noun and verb for help’:
Ayuda (ah-joo-dah) Help (noun)
Ayudar (ah-joo-dahr) To help (verb)
Now Ill show you five phrases to ask for help:
1) Permiso, ¿me puede ayudar? Excuse me, can you help me?
*Use this when you need to ask something in a place, like directions, for example. You can add por favor (please) too:
Permiso, ¿me puede ayudar? Por favor
Permiso, ¿por favor me puede ayudar?
Por favor, ¿me puede ayudar?
Casual variations:
¿Me puedes ayudar? Can you help me?
¿Puedes ayudarme? Can you help me?
¿Mira, me puedes ayudar? Hey, can you help me?
* You can of course add por favor to all of these.
2) Necesito ayuda I need help
*Again, you can also add por favor, especially if youre approaching a person on the street in a place.
3) Ayúdeme por favor Please help me
4) ¿Alguien me puede ayudar? Can someone help me?
5) Ayuda Help
*If you find yourself sick or in a dire situation in public, sometimes all you can say is just help.
*Variations of this: (all of these translate to help me)
Ayúdenme
Ayúdame
Ayúdeme (*This is a formal version)
*You will often see these written with exclamation marks ¡Ayúdenme!
There are also the expressions:
¿Me puedes dar una mano? Can you give me a hand?
*A more formal version can be: ¿Me puede dar una mano? Or ¿Me da una mano?
*More casual versions:
¿Me das una mano?
¿Puedes darme una mano?
Dame una mano Give me a hand
*A more formal version: Deme una mano, or, Deme una mano, por favor (also Por favor, deme una mano)
Préstame tu ayuda Lend me your help
*Also: Préstame ayuda
This one is more casual, and honestly, I rarely hear it.
This is it for now! Al always, I hope you find this lesson useful, and easy to understand. If you have any doubts, contact me on my Twitter Page, or Facebook Page.
Thank you for reading, and have a nice day 🙂
Until next time!
