| Subject | English | Russian |
| gen. | often as a polite form of request I wonder whether you can tell me... | не скажете ли вы мне... (whether you can read this scrawl, if I might ask you..., whether I might trouble you to..., whether you would mind helping me, etc., и т.д.) |
| gen. | often as a polite form of request I wonder whether you can tell me... | можете ли вы сказать мне... (whether you can read this scrawl, if I might ask you..., whether I might trouble you to..., whether you would mind helping me, etc., и т.д.) |
| gen. | often as a polite form of request I wonder whether you can tell me... | не могли бы вы сказать мне... (whether you can read this scrawl, if I might ask you..., whether I might trouble you to..., whether you would mind helping me, etc., и т.д.) |
| gen. | polite request | вежливая просьба (dimock) |
