Question
В чем разница между просить у кого и просить кого?
Answer
We normally use просить кого? with a verb (to ask somebody to do something) and просить у кого? with a noun (to ask for a thing).
Я попросил его не курить. I asked him not to smoke.
Я попросил у него сигарету. I asked him for a cigarette.
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