спрашивать

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Russian

Etymology

спроси́ть (sprosítʹ) +‎ -ивать (-ivatʹ)

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спра́шивать (sprášivatʹimpf (perfective спроси́ть, verbal noun спра́шивание)

  1. to ask (to ask a question of)
    Она́ спра́шивала меня́ о мое́й семье́.Oná sprášivala menjá o mojéj semʹjé.She was asking me about my family.
    Он спра́шивает у них, что хо́чет знать.On sprášivajet u nix, što xóčet znatʹ.He's asking them what he wants to know.
  2. to ask for, to request, to demand
    А е́сли бы и заблуди́лся, я бы не стал спра́шивать у люде́й доро́гу.
    A jésli by i zabludílsja, ja by ne stal sprášivatʹ u ljudéj dorógu.
    Even if I were lost, I wouldn't ask people for directions.
    Вам не ну́жно спра́шивать у кого́-либо разреше́ния.
    Vam ne núžno sprášivatʹ u kovó-libo razrešénija.
    You don't need to ask permission from anyone.
  3. to call to account, to hold accountable, to make answer (for), to confront, to challenge, to question
    Организа́ция должна́ спра́шивать с себя́ за своё со́бственное поведе́ние.
    Organizácija dolžná sprášivatʹ s sebjá za svojó sóbstvennoje povedénije.
    The organisation must hold itself accountable for its own behaviour.

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