No. 2,458 in Russian
попросил
"Asked" or "requested."
In a sentence
Он попросил меня помочь ему с домашним заданием.
He asked me to help him with his homework.
In this sentence, 'попросил' is used to express a request made by the subject (he) towards another person (me) for help.
Я попросил друга прийти раньше.
I asked my friend to arrive earlier.
Here, 'попросил' conveys the speaker's action of requesting their friend's arrival at an earlier time.
Она попросила водителя остановить машину на перекрёстке.
She asked the driver to stop the car at the intersection.
In this sentence, 'попросила' illustrates the subject's (she) request to the driver for a specific action, which is stopping the car.
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