Use of に particle when asking a someone a question


I saw a post online today where a Japanese person wrote the following:

> 彼に何時に行くか聞いてみるね

They also gave an english translation, which more or less matched up with what
google translate says

> I'll ask him what time he's going

At first I didn’t understand how this was the transition, but I assume 彼に goes
with 聞いてみる. So 彼に○○聞いてみるね becomes “I will try and ask him about X”. Did I
understand this correctly?

Also would that mean if the english sentence was something like “I will try
and ask Tom what time he’s going to Jim”. Would it be:

> トムさんに何時にジムさんに行くか聞いてみる

Is that correct?




> トムさんに何時に **ジムさんに行く** か聞いてみる

doesn't sound natural because we don't say 「someone + に行く」.

To mean "I'll try asking Tom what time he's going to Jim's (place/home)" you
can say

> トムさんに何時にジムさん **のところに** 行くか聞いてみる。

* * *

Likewise,

> **彼に** 何時に行くか **聞いてみる** ね。

will be understood as "I'll try asking him what time he's going" since 彼に can
continue to 聞いてみる but not to 行く.




> トムさんに何時に **ジムさんに行く** か聞いてみる

doesn't sound natural because we don't say 「someone + に行く」.

To mean "I'll try asking Tom what time he's going to Jim's (place/home)" you
can say

> トムさんに何時にジムさん **のところに** 行くか聞いてみる。

* * *

Likewise,

> **彼に** 何時に行くか **聞いてみる** ね。

will be understood as "I'll try asking him what time he's going" since 彼に can
continue to 聞いてみる but not to 行く.

