вам помогли

helped you

→ вы

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helped you Literally means “helped you.” In a чтобы clause, it can mean “help you,” as in “чтобы мы вам помогли” (“so that we could help you”). Вам is the formal or plural form of “you.”

RU: Они вам помогли с переездом?

EN: Did they help you move?

Они вам помогли?

Did they help you?

Ты бы хотел, чтобы они вам помогли?

Would you like them to help you?

Ты бы хотел, чтобы мы вам помогли?

Would you like us to help you?

И людей, которые вам помогли.

And the people who helped you.

— Таксист (2017)

Вы хотите, чтобы мы вам помогли?

Do you want us to help you?