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Nastya Rumpasked for translation 7 лет назад
How to translate? (ru-en)

Пусть он поможет мне Убрать квартиру

User translations (3)

  1. 1.

    let him help me clean up the apartment

    translation added by ⁌ ULY ⁍
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  2. 2.

    Let him help me tidy up the flat

    translation added by Elena Bogomolova
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  3. 3.

    Have him help me to make up the flat.

    translation added by a b
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Discussion (11)

a badded a comment 7 лет назад

I see you guys used 'let' in your answers. But doesn't it sound weird in this case? [let + person + verb] This construction means "to allow someone to do something." Whereas in this case the speaker asks the listener to get someone to do the cleaning, not to allow to do it. https://www.englishpage.com/minitutorials/let.html So the more appropriate construction would be [have/get + person + verb].

⁌ ULY ⁍added a comment 7 лет назад

Yasir, aside from meaning "allow," LET and HAVE are used to form the third person imperative: (A) Boss, the workers are all here, but they can't work on the new office until the paint dries. (B) Ok, then find something else for them to do in the meantime - let/have them wash all my cars.

Elena Bogomolovaadded a comment 7 лет назад

(А). Господин (товарищ) начальник, рабочие все в сборе, но они не могут ничего делать в новом офисе (кабинете), пока не высохнет краска. (В). Ну, хорошо. Тогда найдите им пока какую-нибудь другую работу - пусть помоют все мои машины.
Ули, "господин/товарищ начальник" - так можно обратиться, если между начальником и подчиненными дружеские отношения, немного в шутку. А обычно - по имени отчеству. Thanks for the snippet 👍

Elena Bogomolovaadded a comment 7 лет назад

Yasir, what's wrong? There's an example in the Cambridge dictionary:
"Let them walk home on their own". This is our case.

⁌ ULY ⁍added a comment 7 лет назад

Elena, actually he said Cambridge did a much better job of explaining it.

⁌ ULY ⁍added a comment 7 лет назад

Thanks for the translation!

Elena Bogomolovaadded a comment 7 лет назад

Yeah, I was inattentive. You're welcome, Uly)

⁌ ULY ⁍added a comment 7 лет назад

*I wasn’t paying attention

Elena Bogomolovaadded a comment 7 лет назад

*I wasn’t paying attention - It's a process... (??)
If I just want to say that it was once?

⁌ ULY ⁍added a comment 7 лет назад

Yes, it means that at that moment you weren’t paying attention.

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