[Grammar] I just want to ask you if you could tell

[Nikitus]

Hello

Is the following question grammatically correct?

"I just want to ask you if you could tell me what time is it?"

Thanks

 

[GoesStation]

I just want to ask you if you could tell me what time is it?

Getting the word order right in this kind of sentence can be tricky. It feels like a question, but it's really an affirmative statement. You can see this by considering various permutations:

I want to ask you if you could help me.
I want to ask you if could tell me the time.
Could you tell me what time it is?
I want to ask you if could tell me what time it is.

The subject and main verb are inverted only is the sentence that's written as a question.