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happy to help — English adjectives and adverbs
Many adjectives take a to-infinitive after them, and it is the polite everyday way to offer or accept.
The shape
adjective + to + verb
Say you are glad, ready or sorry to do something.
In Hindi
कई विशेषणों के बाद to + क्रिया आती है — यही शिष्ट रोज़मर्रा का तरीक़ा है।
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The mistake to fix first
The sentence Indian-English speakers actually produce, and the reason it is wrong.
| Commonly said | Correct English |
|---|---|
I am happy for helping you. | I am happy to help you. After "happy" the natural form is "to help", not "for helping". |
happy to help examples
Easiest first. Every sentence is authored, with the Hindi it comes from.
I am ready to go.
मैं जाने के लिए तैयार हूँ।
I am ready to learn.
मैं सीखने के लिए तैयार हूँ।
It was good to hear that.
यह सुनना अच्छा लगा।
I am happy to help you.
मैं तुम्हारी मदद करके खुश हूँ।
I am glad to hear that.
मैं यह सुनकर खुश हूँ।
I am not afraid to make mistakes.
मैं गलती करने से नहीं डर{ता|ती}।
I should not be afraid to make mistakes.
मुझे गलती करने से डरना नहीं चाहिए।
Easy to confuse with
Close enough to be mixed up with this one. Knowing the difference is most of knowing either.
Questions people ask
- What is the happy to help used for?
- Many adjectives take a to-infinitive after them, and it is the polite everyday way to offer or accept. In practice: say you are glad, ready or sorry to do something.
- How do you form the happy to help?
- adjective + to + verb.
- What is the most common mistake with the happy to help?
- Saying “I am happy for helping you.” instead of “I am happy to help you.”. After "happy" the natural form is "to help", not "for helping".
Where happy to help fits
Where this structure sits in the ladder, and what surrounds it.
happy to help is a CEFR A2 structure — the everyday band — and it belongs to adjectives & adverbs. CoCap’s syllabus files every structure this way so you can learn in order instead of jumping between whatever a search happened to return.
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