355: ASK. Three Patterns You Need to Know / ASK po angielsku: 3 konstrukcje, które musisz znać

I właśnie dlatego warto zobaczyć go bliżej. Wyobraź sobie, że jesteś w hotelu. I możesz powiedzieć, że zapytałam o podłogę. You might say, I asked for a room with a view. Or you might say, I asked the receptionist to change my room. And we've got the same verb in all three sentences, but what comes after ASK changes the meaning. And before we get into that, let's deal with the past form. ASK, ASKED, ASKED. The past form is one syllable and the ED ending is pronounced T.

Asked. Asked. Not as an extra syllable, so don't say asked. It's asked. Asked. Listen to these three sentences. I asked him yesterday. She asked me about it. We asked them for help. We asked them for help. Now let's start with ask somebody about something. When you ask somebody about something, You're asking for information about a particular topic. I asked him about his new job. She asked me about my holiday. I asked my colleague about the meeting. So you can ask about anything that you're interested in finding out more about.

Now let's change one little word, ask for. Ask for. When you ask somebody for something, you are requesting it. For instance, I asked the receptionist for a different room. So you're not asking for information this time. You're not asking for information about the room. You're asking the receptionist to give you a different room. And there are lots of very common things we ask for. Just sit back, relax, take a breath and listen. Chill out, just listen. I asked for some water. She asked for help. He asked for advice.

We asked for directions. I asked for permission. They asked for a refund. Two especially useful chunks are ask for help and ask for advice. If you need help, just ask for it. I didn't know what to do, so I asked my friend for advice. I didn't know what to do, so I asked my friend for advice. And then there's a very common phrase. Can I ask you for a favour? Or Can I ask you a favour? You might use it before making a request. Listen to this example. Can I ask you for a favour?

And now let's look at the third pattern. Third and the last. Ask somebody to do something. This is what we use when we want another person to perform an action. Listen. I asked him to call me later. I asked him to call me later. She asked me to wait. My boss asked me to send the email again. Or they asked us to leave. So the structure is simply ask a person to do something. Ask him to call. Ask her to wait. Ask them to help. Ask me to explain. And the negative version is just as useful.

Listen. I asked him not to tell anyone. She asked me not to worry. We asked them not to make too much noise. Now, here's where the difference between ASK FOR I ask somebody to do something becomes quite interesting. Compare these two. I asked my colleague for help. And I asked my colleague to help me. They are very similar. And the end result of your sentence will be the same, but the structure is different. In the first one, help is a thing you're requesting.

I asked my colleague for help. For help. In the second one, I asked my colleague to help me. We're asking this colleague to perform the action for us. Możesz zrobić to samo z innymi nazwami i innymi wersjami, oczywiście. Poprosiłam ją o pewne informacje. Poprosiłam ją o pewne pomysły. I poprosiłam ją o pewne informacje. I poprosiłam ją o pewne pomysły. Obie są naturalne. I dlatego myślę, że jest użyteczne, aby nauczyć się zapytać w tych patternach, w tych kształtach, zamiast w izolowanych artykułach. Więc tutaj masz kilka więcej kształtów. Ask about the job. Ask for advice.

Ask somebody to call. Ask about the price. Ask for help. Ask somebody to explain something. Once you've got those patterns in your head, you can use them in hundreds of various situations. And there's one more useful point here. You don't always have to mention the person. I've told you about this before, so listen again. You can say I asked about the job. Doesn't matter who I asked. Doesn't matter. I asked about the job. I asked for more information. You don't always need to add the person, to mention the person. Depends on you. But when you're asking somebody to perform an action, the person is usually part of the structure and you don't want to skip the person.

For instance, I asked him to call me. She asked me to wait. And let's finish with a little bit of practice, but don't just listen to this part. I need you to say the sentences, of course, out loud. And I know, and you know, you can do this. So let's. No matter where you are, no matter how many people are around you, you can do it. Yeah, let's be crazy. Let's talk to ourselves. Listen and repeat out loud. I'll say each sentence twice. Here we go. I asked him about his new job. I asked him about his new job.

I asked my friend for some advice. I asked my colleague to send me the file. I asked my colleague to send me the file. I asked him to call me. She asked me about it.

I'm calling to ask about the appointment. I'm calling to ask about the appointment. I asked the receptionist for a different room. I asked the receptionist for a different room. They asked for a refund. Can I ask you for a favor?

I asked him to call me later. I asked him to call me later. That's it. Three patterns, three different uses and all of them are things you can start using immediately. And the next time you hear someone say ask, don't just hear the verb, ok? Listen, please focus, listen to what comes after it. Is it ask about? Is it ask for? Ask somebody to do something. That's where you'll start noticing the patterns becoming automatic.