"Они спрашивают, где коробка."

Translation: They ask where the box is.

[Mutelasi]

Что в коробке!?

Брэд Питт

[Ynhockey]

Что в коробке?

Ничего! Абсолютно ничего!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KezvwARhBIc

[DaveDriese]

I love the reference! Made me LOL

[R_Andersson]

Почему же все интересуются этой коробкой? O_o

[Christophe656225]

And why not: They are asking?

[EvanGao8]

That answer is accepted

[Loftian]

why isnt 'they ask where the box is' accpeted?
also, even though it didnt accept it it still had it as an alternate translation when i put in the 'correct' answer

[Caleb590529]

Yeah I 2nd

[Sam232880]

"я не знаю" wouldn't be an option if Russian mafia is involved in this case..

[taffarelbergamin]

What would it be "are they asking where the box is?"

[Ynhockey]

You can just add a question mark to the current sentence.

[taffarelbergamin]

thanks!

[Mrkjkb]

Why is there the letter "с" infront of the verb "to ask" (просить)?

[Kundoo]

"Попросить"/"Просить" (perfective/imperfective respectively) means to ask for something.

"Спросить"/"Спрашивать" (ditto) means to ask a question.

[BenYoung84]

It's спрашивать, not спросить. But anyway, I don't specifically know the answer to your question. From what I've seen, the с- prefix added to a verb usually adds the "from (off)" meaning of с (rather than the "with"meaning) to the verb. I can't confirm whether that's definitely what's happening here. просить and спросить clearly have very similar meanings and it's hard to pin down the subtle differences between the two.