I have also read the previous threads on the subject, notably the following: ‘Sich erkundigen nach’ vs. ‘fragen nach’ Fragen vs fragen nach fragen or nach fragen What is the difference between fragen and nachfragen? I still find my understanding insufficient.
nach / zu / über – you can't use all three in the same example. nach is used in contexts where you plan to find something, to follow something up or to pursue (etwas nachgehen): Sie fragte nach dem Weg Wir fragen nach dem Sinn unseres Lebens Er fragte nach dem Kellner, aber niemand kam. You wouldn't ask "nach seinem Leben" because this would imply you didn't know if he even had one. But you ...
This sentence appears in B. Brecht's, Der gute Mensch von Sezuan: Ich muss dort drüben nachfragen. What is the difference if the sentence were this? Ich muss dort drüben fragen. Is nach an adverb
Both words stellen and fragen have the meaning to ask. Is there any rule, when to use each of those words ? Or are they complete synonyms and can be freely switched ?
Where to use stellen and where fragen - German Language Stack Exchange
12 What is the difference between fragen and nachfragen? The question was to translate: I would ask. I translated that as: Ich würde fragen, but it was marked wrong. The correct answer was: Ich würde nachfragen.
Ich muss dich etwas fragen. — Duolingo (If the above is wrong, so is the premise of this question, so please correct it if need be!) Does this sentence not have two direct objects? Why does the ...