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- "Cosa mangi?"
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Past tense has a different construction. This form of the verb mangiare, "mangi", is only used in the present second-person singular (as well as a few forms of the subjunctive, which Duolingo doesn't touch upon until WAY later, so don't worry about that right now); in other words, "mangi" only (at this point in the lessons) means "you (singular) eat (present)."
The past tense, "What did you eat?" would look something like "Che cosa hai mangiato?"