"Würdet ihr für mich nachfragen?"

Translation: Would you inquire for me?

[DTipps]

Does this mean asking someone about me, or asking someone on behalf of me?

[Seoman6]

"on behalf of"

[Carpetini]

What is the difference between nachfragen and fragen?

[royalt213]

I believe "nachfragen" is specifically intransitive, while "fragen" can be transitive or intransitive. Generally, I think "nachfragen" is best translated as "inquire" while fragen is best translated as "ask": You can inquire about something, but you can't inquire someone. Whereas, you can ask about something as well as ask someone.

[Jrgen792736]

Ich denke nachfragen ist etwas spezifischer. Man fragt NACH etwas Bestimmten.

[jeff.chern]

It is not a capitalised ihr, shouldn't this then be a 'she'?

[Seoman6]

ihr can be "she/her" , "formal you" (capitalized) and "you plural" (not capitalized). "Würdet" is second person plural = ihr.

[SallyWard]

This is really helpful as I still keep making mistakes about it, I now realize that I should pay more attention to the verb endings, thanks.

[philipbelcher]

Is this 'inquire - formal' or 'enquire - general'. Both are marked right but this makes the question non-specific. Is there a difference in German?

[Alan432846]

It seems to me that we get sentences that are designed to give the various meaning of a particular word (nachfragen). However I sometimes feel that the translation of the sentence would rarely, if ever, be actually used in the simple English that I as a native speaker use!