Verbs for 'asking'
- When you request information from someone
about something, in Russian you use the verb pair спрашивать (imp.)
and спросить (perf.). The person you ask will be in the accusative
case:
Она меня спросила, где я рботаю.
She asked me, where I work.
Я вас спрашиваю, сколько вам лет?
I'm asking you, how old are you?
- When you want to ask someone to give you something, or to do
something for you, you use the verb pair просить (imp.) and
попросить (perf.):
Я вас прошу купить газету.
I'm asking you to buy a newspaper.
- When asking for an object, the person asked
will be in the genitive case, preceded by the preposition у:
Сергей попросил у меня газету.
Sergei asked me for the paper.