Explain this type of sentence: I was asked to call you.

[Sonnete]

Hello,

How could you explain this type of sentence?

I was asked to call you..
Thanks

[Molly]

Someone/you asked me to call you. (obligation/necessity)

[Sonnete]

Thanks Molly..

Big help for me

Sonnete

[Yankee]

[Molly]

[Yankee]

Hi Molly
Why don't you explain why you think that particular rewording is likely.
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Amy
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ESL teacher, translator, and a native speaker of American English

[Molly]

[Yankee]

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You're the one who presented it as a rewording. Are you saying that you had no particular reason for doing so?
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Amy
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ESL teacher, translator, and a native speaker of American English

[Molly]

[MrPedantic]

[stew.t.]

Hi guys

"Someone asked me to call you" does not equate with "You asked me to call you" unless the speaker wants to say that you are just anybody no one special. This would not be the correct interpretation, and possibly deliberate irony or a put down.

"I was asked to call you" would not explicitly say where the request was coming from but would exclude "you".

Why would you replace one pronoun "I" with another "you" in relation to meaning?

Unless very specific or contextual I can not see how informing a learner that "I" means "you" is useful or beneficial.
Would someone ; ) care to elaborate how this helps, and does not hinder learning the meaning?

[Molly]

I was asked to call you... . (Obligation/Necessity.)

[stew.t.]

Hi

You stated;

[MrPedantic]

[stew.t.]

Hi Mr Pedantic

I was asked to call you is in essence a request from someone else. It could be an obligation or necessity by context or tone. However to say it is intrinsically is quite unusual.

1. Could you call my wife for me?
2. I would appreciate if you did a follow up call concerning the last meeting?
3. Please, call the area manager tomorrow?

The last could be an order and therefore you feel obliged or necessitated to do this. However it is not the only standard usage.

cheers stew.t.