That means roughly: May I ask something?

意思大概是“我能问个问题么？”

youdao

Approach your boss in an 'up' moment, when you've gone the extra mile or saved something, and ask, 'do you use LinkedIn? May I ask you for an endorsement?

在一个好的时机去找你的老板，比如在你比别人多做了一点事情的时候或挽救了什么事情的时候，问他你是否用LinkedIn '我是否可以得到您的签注？

youdao

If you ask me a very complex legal term, I'll know it. But I may not know how to express something very simple in English because I've never heard it said.

你问我一个很复杂的法律名词我知道，但一个很简单的东西我可能不知道用英文怎样表达，因为我没听过。

youdao

Like I mentioned, you can also use "I want to" to ask if you may do something indirectly.

就像我之前说的，你可以用“I want to”句型间接地询问你是否可以做某些事。

I want to 课堂 - SpeakingMax英语口语达人

Mr McEwan said Longmoor Lane was "a very busy road and I would ask for anyone who may have seen or heard something, no matter how small, to come forward".

BBC: Joseph Cummins