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# asked — English to French

How English *asked* is translated into French in open, checked parallel texts: 4 translations with example sentences.

The [Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/) has no article on this word yet.

Sentence pairs counted, by form: asked (91 898). By style: everyday 1 582 · literary 138 · biblical 200 · parliamentary 8 503 · legal and administrative 2 842 · UN documents 78 633.

## demandé

Used about 49 571 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 989 · biblical ≈ 21 · parliamentary ≈ 4 074 · legal and administrative ≈ 1 895 · UN documents ≈ 42 593). Forms: demande, demandé.

- I **asked** for something else.
  J'ai **demandé** autre chose.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by jaydenms and mela · checked, community translation · [\#9011895](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/9011895) [\#2851057](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2851057))

- “Two things I have **asked** of you. Don’t deny me before I die.
  Je te **demande** deux choses: Ne me les refuse pas, avant que je meure!
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · PRO 30:7)

- We are not being **asked** to delay the vote.
  Un report du vote ne nous est pas **demandé**.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 617215)

- Third user **asked** to remain unknown
  Le troisième utilisateur a **demandé** à rester anonyme.
  ([DGT-TM v2021](https://joint-research-centre.ec.europa.eu/language-technology-resources/dgt-translation-memory_en) · Source: European Commission, DGT-TM (Steinberger et al. 2012), re-used under Commission Decision 2011/833/EU; the Commission keeps ownership of the data · checked, professional translation · segment 2440631)

- They **asked** for money, and looted her goods.
  Ils ont **demandé** de l &apos; argent et ont pillé la maison.
  ([United Nations Parallel Corpus v1.0](https://conferences.unite.un.org/UNCorpus) · Source: United Nations, United Nations Parallel Corpus v1.0 (Ziemski, Junczys-Dowmunt and Pouliquen 2016) · checked, professional translation · segment 11029553)

## m

Used about 5 993 times in the texts (literary ≈ 12 · biblical ≈ 4 · parliamentary ≈ 1 063 · UN documents ≈ 4 915).

- “The address that you **asked** me to get!”
  --L'adresse que vous **m**'avez demandée!
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 19072)

- As Paul was about to be brought into the barracks, he **asked** the commanding officer, “May I speak to you?” He said, “Do you know Greek?
  Au moment d’être introduit dans la forteresse, Paul dit au tribun: **M**’est-il permis de te dire quelque chose? Le tribun répondit: Tu sais le grec?
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · ACT 21:37)

- Mr Hughes has **asked** me to make this request.
  **M**. Hughes m'a prié de vous présenter cette question.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1638662)

- **Asked** whether he had been subjected to any abuse, Mr. A. made no such claim.
  En réponse à la question de savoir s &apos; il avait subi des sévices, **M**. A. n &apos; a fait aucune allégation en ce sens.
  ([United Nations Parallel Corpus v1.0](https://conferences.unite.un.org/UNCorpus) · Source: United Nations, United Nations Parallel Corpus v1.0 (Ziemski, Junczys-Dowmunt and Pouliquen 2016) · checked, professional translation · segment 11477380)

- “Who is the agent?” **asked** M. Madeleine.
  --Quel est cet agent? demanda **M**. Madeleine.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 4578)

## lui

Used about 2 080 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 165 · literary ≈ 9 · biblical ≈ 92 · parliamentary ≈ 177 · UN documents ≈ 1 638).

- He **asked** her questions.
  Il **lui** posa des questions.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by wma and Micsmithel · checked, community translation · [\#510851](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/510851) [\#6568972](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6568972))

- When they had finished, when they had told each other everything, she laid her head on his shoulder and **asked** him:—
  Quand ils eurent fini, quand ils se furent tout dit, elle posa sa tête sur son épaule et **lui** demanda:
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 20407)

- He called one of the servants to him and **asked** what was going on.
  Il appela un des serviteurs, et **lui** demanda ce que c’était.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · LUK 15:26)

- During the hearing conducted in the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs, Mr Draghi gave full answers to all the questions the MEPs **asked** him.
  Lors de son audition par la commission des affaires économiques et monétaires, M. Draghi a répondu à toutes les questions que les députés européens **lui** ont posées.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1584918)

- 2. The CHAIRPERSON invited the Icelandic delegation to respond to questions **asked** by members of the Committee.
  2. La PRÉSIDENTE invite la délégation islandaise à répondre aux questions que **lui** ont posées les membres du Comité.
  ([United Nations Parallel Corpus v1.0](https://conferences.unite.un.org/UNCorpus) · Source: United Nations, United Nations Parallel Corpus v1.0 (Ziemski, Junczys-Dowmunt and Pouliquen 2016) · checked, professional translation · segment 6241679)

## si

Used about 37 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 33 · biblical ≈ 4).

- Would you have **asked** me this question if I had been a man?
  Est-ce que vous m'auriez posé cette question **si** j'avais été un homme ?
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by jerom and Clavain · checked, community translation · [\#445729](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/445729) [\#444004](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/444004))

- and called and **asked** whether Simon, who was also called Peter, was lodging there.
  et demandèrent à haute voix **si** c’était là que logeait Simon, surnommé Pierre.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · ACT 10:18)

## More sentences

Sentence pairs with the word where no single translation was found: it may be translated by a phrase, or left out.

- The boy **asked** his mother a question.
  Le fils posa une question à sa mère.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Eldad and fs · checked, community translation · [\#759447](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/759447) [\#659067](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/659067))

- I've got the documents you **asked** for.
  J'ai les documents que vous avez demandés.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and Aiji · checked, community translation · [\#2359702](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2359702) [\#9077976](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/9077976))

- Every student was **asked** one question.
  On posa à chaque élève une question.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#1449853](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1449853) [\#1450074](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1450074))

## Grammar

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