| Example in English | Translation in English |
|---|---|
| ! - It's funny you ask... | |
| ! - Well, you did ask. | |
| ! - You can ask him yourself. | |
| ! All you got to do is tell them that your car broke down, ask to use the john, toss the doodad in the trash, and split. | |
| ! Anyway, I got to ask. | |
| ! - It's funny you ask... | |
| ! - Well, you did ask. | |
| ! - You can ask him yourself. | |
| ! All you got to do is tell them that your car broke down, ask to use the john, toss the doodad in the trash, and split. | |
| ! Anyway, I got to ask. | |
| " Who are you and where are you from?", Hitler asks. " From the Eastern front." | |
| "'Cause that's why I left you, because I hate you!" So, if anyone asks you if you wanna go and live with him, you say no. | |
| "'Now, if Aunt Bee asks, we were down at the fishin' hole.'" | |
| "--who hears the clock stríkíng 12 and, once roused, asks hímself. | |
| "...be over..." In case he asks, I just like to have an exact quote. | |
| " Who are you and where are you from?", Hitler asks. " From the Eastern front." | |
| "'Cause that's why I left you, because I hate you!" So, if anyone asks you if you wanna go and live with him, you say no. | |
| "'Now, if Aunt Bee asks, we were down at the fishin' hole.'" | |
| "--who hears the clock stríkíng 12 and, once roused, asks hímself. | |
| "...be over..." In case he asks, I just like to have an exact quote. | |
| ! - He asked me the time. | |
| ! - You asked. | |
| ! He asked us to clear out the apartment in case the place got searched. | |
| ! He asked, equally incredulously! | |
| ! I don't know. He asked me if he could. | |
| ! - I'm just asking. | |
| ! - I'm the devil, who's asking? | |
| ! - Stop asking me! | |
| ! - You mean you're asking me to marry you? - Yes! | |
| ! Are you actually asking me if you can bring your mistress along on your anniversary cruise? | |
| ! - He asked me the time. | |
| ! - You asked. | |
| ! He asked us to clear out the apartment in case the place got searched. | |
| ! He asked, equally incredulously! | |
| ! I don't know. He asked me if he could. | |
| ! - I'm just asking. | |
| ! - I'm the devil, who's asking? | |
| ! - Stop asking me! | |
| ! - You mean you're asking me to marry you? - Yes! | |
| ! Are you actually asking me if you can bring your mistress along on your anniversary cruise? |
| Language | Verb(s) | Language | Verb(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Afrikaans | vra | Danish | bede,spørge |
| Dutch | vragen | Esperanto | demandi |
| Estonian | küsima | Faroese | biðja, spyrja |
| German | auffordern, befragen, bitten, einmahnen, ersuchen, fragen | Greek | ρωτώ |
| Hungarian | felkér, kér, kérd, kérdez, megkér, tudakol | Icelandic | beiða, biðja |
| Italian | addimandare, chiedere, domandare | Japanese | 自問, 尋ねる, 請う, 問う |
| Latvian | jautāt, lūgt, pajautāt, palūgt, prasīt | Lithuanian | atsiklausti, klausti, paklausti, prašyti, uždavinėti |
| Norwegian | bede, forespørre, spørja, spørre | Polish | poprosić, popytać, prosić, pytać, spytać |
| Spanish | preguntar |