ask

ask
ask [{{t}}ɑ:sk]
1 transitive verb
(a) (for opinion, information)
to ask sb sth demander qch à qn;
I asked her the time je lui ai demandé l'heure;
she asked him about his job elle lui a posé des questions sur son travail;
may I ask you a question? puis-je vous poser une question?;
ask your mother! demande à ta mère!;
if you ask me si vous voulez mon avis;
{{}}familiar{{}} but how? I ask you! mais comment? je vous le demande!;
{{}}familiar{{}} don't ask me! est-ce que je sais, moi?;
{{}}familiar{{}} no one asked you! on ne t'a rien demandé!
(b) (request) demander, solliciter;
he asked them a favour il leur a demandé un service;
he asked her hand in marriage il l'a demandée en mariage;
to ask sb to do sth demander à qn de faire qch;
I asked them to be quiet je leur ai demandé de se taire;
she asked to have the bags brought up elle a demandé que les bagages soient montés;
he asked to be admitted il a demandé à être admis;
she was asked to wait outside on lui a demandé d'attendre dehors;
that's asking a lot c'est beaucoup demander;
that's asking too much of me c'est trop m'en demander;
{{}}Commerce{{}} to ask a price demander un prix;
what are you asking for it? combien en voulez-vous ou demandez-vous?
(c) (invite) inviter;
they asked her to join them ils l'ont invitée à se joindre à eux;
he asked her to the pictures il l'a invitée au cinéma;
she asked us up elle nous a invités à monter
2 intransitive verb
demander;
he was asking about the job il s'informait ou se renseignait sur le poste;
I was only asking! je ne faisais que demander!
►► {{}}Stock Exchange{{}} ask price cours m offert, cours m vendeur
ask after inseparable transitive verb
she asked after you elle a demandé de vos nouvelles;
I asked after her health je me suis informé de sa santé
ask along separable transitive verb
inviter;
we asked them along (with us) nous leur avons proposé de venir avec nous
ask around intransitive verb
se renseigner;
I asked around about cheap flights je me suis renseigné sur les vols pas chers
ask back separable transitive verb
(invite again) réinviter; (for reciprocal visit) inviter;
she asked us back for dinner elle nous a rendu l'invitation à dîner
ask for inseparable transitive verb
demander;
they asked for some water ils ont demandé de l'eau;
you're asking for the moon vous demandez la lune;
she asked for her book back elle a demandé qu'on lui rende son livre;
you're just asking for trouble! tu cherches des ennuis!;
he was asking for it! il l'a cherché!;
she left him - he was asking for it elle l'a quitté - il l'a voulu, il l'a eu!
ask in separable transitive verb
inviter à entrer;
he asked us in for a drink il nous a invités à (entrer) prendre un verre
ask out separable transitive verb
inviter à sortir;
they asked us out for dinner/to the theatre ils nous ont invités au restaurant/au théâtre
ask round separable transitive verb
inviter (à venir);
we must ask him round soon nous devrions l'inviter un de ces jours

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