To ask information about s.t. or s.o. [N-/N--an]; to just be asking to be asking [N-/0]; to inquire in behalf of s.o. else [N--an]
Try and ask when they will be leaving for Basilan.
He didn't even ask about his mother that's there in Kota Kinabalu.
Did you ask your uncle who arrived from Sabah about anything?
I just came here to ask about my mother's situation there in Kota Kinabalu.
Keep on coming to me (to ask information) if you want to know about the situation in Sabah.