Indirect questions - to be parked

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Hi, I have a question about indirect questions. If you want to convert the sentence: "Do you know where is your car parked?" into indirect questions, is the right option: "Can I ask you if you know where your car is parked?" or "Can I ask you If you know where your car parked is?"

Thanks a lot for your help.

GPY · Accepted Answer

TheKimi If you want to convert the sentence: "Do you know where is your car parked?" into indirect questions,

This should be "Do you know where your car is parked?". It is already an indirect question (at least, the bold part is). The direct question would be "Where is your car parked?".

"Can I ask you if you know where your car is parked?" is "even more indirect", I suppose.

AlpheccaStars · Answer

TheKimi "Do you know where is your car is parked?"

That is a direct question. Here is a possible conversation.

Mary:  Hey, John, do you know where your car is parked?
John: Yes, it's just outside the loading dock.

The indirect question from this conversation is:

Mary asked John if he knew where his car was parked. Choose the first part of the sentence (underlined) and the pronouns in the clause according to the conversation in which the question appears. The tense is past because the conversation is finished.

If the question is in the future, (i.e. it has not been asked yet) then it becomes:

May I ask (you) if you know where your car is parked?"

Note that the question includes another indirect question, "Where is your car parked?" So this is an example of two embedded indirect questions.

(cross-posted)

Indirect questions - to be parked

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