m’aidez/(venez) m’aider: correct or incorrect

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m’aidez/(venez) m’aider: correct or incorrect

[oblique lotus]

Les deux sont corrects mais pas dans le même contexte. Si tu dis : "Vous m'aidez beaucoup", c'est déclaratif et le "z" est correct ( car vous ( you ) -> z ). Mais si tu demandes : "Vous venez m'aider ?" ou "Pouvez-vous venir m'aider ?" - sous la forme interrogative - ce sera avec "er".

[kind briar]

It’s not grammatically wrong actually and you can used it with “vous” : “vous m’aidez” (you help me)

But it’s not related to “mayday”

[polar dagger]

for the imperative, you would say "aidez-moi"

[kind briar]

Yes

[oblique lotus]

It is actually. This word takes its origin from the french word "m'aider" and was invented in 1923 to report distress

[kind briar]

Really? Ok I learned something thank you

[oblique lotus]

No problem 🤗

[polar dagger]

it was supposed to stand for venez m'aider

[zealous oyster]

So basically it's correct, but not in the sense of an imperative as the phrase "Mayday" implies right

[polar dagger]

it just depends what you mean by correct

mayday is not french, or at least it's about as french as it is english

m'aider is a valid grammatical formation, but it is not an imperative

aidez-moi or aide-moi are the correct imperatives in french