No. 9,801 in Spanish
ayudaron
"Helped."
In a sentence
Ellos me ayudaron con mi tarea ayer.
They helped me with my homework yesterday.
This sentence uses "ayudaron" as the past tense (third-person plural) form of the verb "ayudar", meaning "to help," indicating an action completed in the past.
¿Por qué no ayudaron a limpiar después de la fiesta?
Why didn’t they help clean up after the party?
Here, "ayudaron" is employed in a question to refer to a past action that was expected but not performed, indicating a specific past moment.
Aunque les pedimos, no ayudaron durante la mudanza.
Although we asked them, they didn’t help during the move.
In this example, "ayudaron" describes a completed action that was anticipated but ultimately not carried out, emphasizing the past non-participation in the action.
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