helping
助ける
解説 Definition
helping は help（助ける）の -ing 形で、助けること、手伝うことという意味です。名詞として使うと、誰かを助ける行為そのものを表します。
Helping is the gerund form of help when it names the act of giving someone assistance, support, or practical aid. It can serve as the subject or object of a sentence while still taking its own object.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
helping は help に -ing をそのまま付けた形で、発音は /help/ に /ɪŋ/ が加わります。ここでは helping my mother のように「助けること・手伝うこと」を一つの行為として扱う動名詞です。進行形の is helping なら「手伝っている」ですが、文の主語や for の後に置けば行為を名詞化できます。
Form helping by adding -ing directly to help: help + ing. Its pronunciation adds /ɪŋ/ after /help/. Here, helping is a gerund, so it names the activity of assisting someone, as in “Helping my mother is important.” It still behaves partly like a verb because it can take an object such as my mother or old people. Contrast this with “She is helping,” where helping is part of a progressive verb phrase describing an action in progress. The sentence position reveals whether it names the activity or forms a verb.
例文
Helping my mother is important to me.
母を手伝うことは私にとって大切です。
Thank you for helping me.
手伝ってくれてありがとう。
Helping old people can make them happy.
お年寄りを助けると、その人たちを幸せにできます。
helping の類義語・関連語
helping の語源・成り立ち Etymology
古英語 helpan（助ける）から派生した名詞形。ゲルマン祖語 *helpan に遡る。helpful（役立つ）やhelpless（無力な）と同根。「一盛り、一人前」の意味は「手助けとして取り分ける量」から転じた。
Helping is formed from help and the English suffix -ing. Help comes from Old English helpan, a Germanic verb meaning to assist or support, with cognates in other Germanic languages. The -ing form can function as a participle or as a gerund naming an activity. Words such as helpful, helpless, and helper share the same base. The separate noun sense “a portion of food” developed through the idea of food served or given to someone.
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