"pomagać o" or "pomagać z"
Is it standard to use "pomagać o" instead of "pomagać z"? Is it incorrect to use "pomagać z"? Are there other constructs that I should know about where "o" is used instead of "z" to mean "with"? Example:
Podczas lotu obsługa nie jest zobowiązana pomagać pasażerom o ograniczonej mobilności przy posiłku czy przyjmowaniu leków.
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Pasażerowie o ograniczonej mobilności = Passengers with reduced mobility.
The construction 'pomagać w' is quite natural, i.e. Pomogę ci W ODRABIANIU pracy domowej - I will help you to DO your homework. You stress the fact of EXECUTING an action. Pomogę ci Z pracą domową - 'I will help you WITH the homework' is also correct.
'Pomagać o' - I haven't heard about such a phrase, it sounds unnatural.
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I think the "o" here can be best translated as "of".
Ie.
Ludzie o wspólnych zainteresowaniach.
People of common/mutual interests.
Pasażerowie o ograniczonej mobilności.
Passengers of limited mobility.
So:
Pomagać ludziom o ograniczonej mobilności = to help people of limited mobility.
I find this translation suggestion superior, since it can be used in broader context ie:
Myślę o Tobie
I think of (=about) you
Książka o owocach
Book of (=about) fruit
Ludzie o polskich korzeniach
People of (=with) Polish roots
Etc.
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The question here is quite old, but I think the answer marked as the best isn't complete.
... pomagać pasażerom o ograniczonej mobilności .. - the construction here is a verb (bezokolicznik / infinitive) + compound noun:
infinitive/predicate - pomagać
compound noun/subject - pasażerowie -O- ograniczonej mobilności (passengers -WITH- limited mobility)
I believe "o ograniczonej mobilności" is adnominal modifier here.
The full translation would be something like this:
During the flight staff isn't obligated to help passengers with limited mobility with eating or taking medicines.
"O" has a lot of meanings in Polish. It isn't always equal to "About" (myślę o rodzynkach - I think about rasins).
It is sometimes used to clarify or give more details about the subject. Llike here - passengers o/with xyz or osoby o polskich korzeniach - people with polish roots. You could say osoby z polskimi korzeniami, but that means changing grammatical case (z kim, z czym? - Narzędnik /instrumental case).
You can use it to answer when you have to meet with someone - "o piątej" /at five o'clock). It is also an expression (o! widziałeś to?! - oh! Did you see that?!) and the question for the last grammatical case - Vocative (O! Książę / Prince!).
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