"Ask for" in reported speech?
Say my brother/sister or a friend took something from me, like a cellphone. So you say "돌려줘!" but how can I said I asked someone for something in indirect speech.

"I asked him for my cellphone." or "I asked him to give me back my cellphone."

Question

"Ask for" in reported speech?
Say my brother/sister or a friend took something from me, like a cellphone. So you say "돌려줘!" but how can I said I asked someone for something in indirect speech.

"I asked him for my cellphone." or "I asked him to give me back my cellphone."

Answer

I asked him for my cellphone. 
나는(I) 그에게(him) 내 핸드폰을(my cellphone) 요구했어요(asked).

"I asked him to give me back my cellphone."
나는  그 사람에게 내 핸드폰을 돌려 달라고 했어요.

~라고 ---> indirect speech.

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