to ask + about = .... naar / over

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Perfect! =D>
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I am really sorry, but I cannot understand the difference between the use of naar and over when you mean about. In the above examples, whilst I am sure they are totally correct, there seems to be very little difference between some of the examples, and yet a different word is used in Dutch ?

Please can someone explain why ?

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Maybe it's easier if they'd used 'informeren' instead of 'vragen'.

"Vragen/informeren naar iets" means that they want some global information about things.
"Vragen/informeren over iets" has different meanings:
1: vragen over iets: you have some questions about a particular subject
2: informeren over iets: to give some (indept) information about something

If I take these two sentences:
De agent vroeg me naar het ongeval. (meaning: did I see the accident happen?)
De politieman stelde me een paar vragen over het ongeval. (meaning: it's already established that I know about the accident, but wants more info about it)
"Moenie worrie nie, alles sal reg kom" (maar hy het nie gesê wanneer nie!)

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