No. 305 in Estonian

aidata

"Aidata" means "to help" or "to assist" in English.

In a sentence

Kas sa saad mind aidata?
Can you help me?
Here, 'aidata' is used as an infinitive form of the verb 'to help' functioning as the main verb in a question requesting assistance.
Ta oli valmis kõiki aidata.
They were ready to help everyone.
In this sentence, 'aidata' is again an infinitive, used to express the action of helping in a statement about willingness to assist others.
Ma püüan sind igal võimalikul viisil aidata.
I will try to help you in every possible way.
Here, 'aidata' is part of a compound verb structure, where 'püüan' (I try) leads to the specification of the action performed.

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