[Grammar] Answer me a question. Answer the question to me.

[wotcha]

1. Answer me a question.

2. Answer the question to me.

3. He answered me the question.

4. He answered the question to me.

5. He answered the question for me.


Are they all grammatical?

 

[cereal_chick]

None of them are correct, (except for the last one which means something different entirely) although I do understand what you mean. You don't use an indirect object with "answer". You would say "He answered my question".

Answering a question for someone is answering a question in their place, e.g.
1: "What is Pi, 2?"
2: "Errm–"
3: "3.14"
Here, 3 has answered for 2.

[Not a teacher]

 

[emsr2d2]

You will certainly hear "Answer me this" in BrE which would probably equate to "Answer me a/this question".

"Answer this for me" is ambiguous. It could mean "I have been asked a question and I cannot answer it. Please answer it on my behalf" or it could mean "I have a question. Please answer it to satisfy my curiosity. I really want to hear your answer."

 

[5jj]

You will certainly hear "Answer me this" in BrE which would probably equate to "Answer me a/this question".

Interesting point. I feel that we can say, 'Answer me this' or 'Answer me one question', but we would not say 'He answered me a question'. As Calis suggested, we'd say, 'He answered my question'.