In this type of sentence, you will generally find either:
an indirect object pronoun (me, te, le, nos, os, les) as one normally asks "someone" to do something; e.g., "me está pidiendo que...", "les pide que..."
or
an indirect object which always uses the preposition "a"; e.g., "pide a tu hermano que...", "yo nunca pido a Antonio que...". In English there is no need to use a preposition: "He is asking Laura to ..." but in Spanish you must use the preposition "a": "Le está pidiendo a Laura que ...".
Be careful not to use the verb "preguntar" (to ask) in this context. You cannot say: "Mi novio siempre me pregunta que sea paciente con él."
Here are other examples:
Elena siempre pide a sus padres que la ayuden económicamente.Elena is always asking her parents to help her financially.
No estoy pidiéndoteque te quedes toda la noche, solo un par de horas.I am not asking you to stay all night, just a couple of hours.
Nos han pedidoque cantemos otra canción.They asked us to sing another song.
¿Tú vas a pedir a tu padre que pague el viaje?Are you asking your father to pay for the trip?
El jefe nos pediráque firmemos los contratos lo antes posible.The boss will ask us to sign the contracts as soon as possible.
Remember:
Pedir + [a alguien] + que + verb in El Presente de Subjuntivo
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¿Tú vas a pedir a tu padre que pague el viaje?Are you asking your father to pay for the trip?Elena siempre pide a sus padres que la ayuden económicamente.Elena is always asking her parents to help her financially.En el aeropuerto te pediránque muestres el pasaporte.At the airport they will ask you to show your passport.Te pidoque consideres mi oferta detenidamente.I am asking you to consider my offer carefully.Le estoy pidiendoque se case conmigo.I am asking him to marry me.Mi novio siempre me pideque sea paciente con él.My boyfriend is always asking me to be patient with him.El jefe nos pediráque firmemos los contratos lo antes posible.The boss will ask us to sign the contracts as soon as possible.Te pido por favor que no seas tan agresivo.I am asking you not to be so aggressive, please.Los políticos están pidiendo a los ciudadanos que voten por su partido.The politicians are asking the citizens to vote for their party.Gabriel ha pedido a Luisa que se vaya a vivir con él.Gabriel asked Luisa to go live with him.No estoy pidiéndoteque te quedes toda la noche, solo un par de horas.I am not asking you to stay all night, just a couple of hours.Nos han pedidoque cantemos otra canción.They asked us to sing another song.Voy a pedir a Clara que me invite a un café.I am going to ask Clara to buy me a coffee.¿Por qué no pides a tu madre que te preste dinero para el viaje?Why don't you ask your mother to lend you some money for the trip?