"Erano rimasti buoni amici."

Translation: They had remained good friends.

[laura5858]

Would "Erano rimaste buone amiche." also work? (I'm not sure about the gender agreement)

[redactedname85]

Yes, it's good.

[laura5858]

Thanks :)

[Stuart451196]

Why is stayed good friends marked incorrectly

[Lng52-._]

"rimanare" = "to remain" or "to stay", so I think both should be accepted.

[Jpiccolo92]

Why is rimanere using essere as an auxiliary verb?

[ettalaine]

In this case, we use "erano" instead of "avevano" because "rimanere" requires essere? Like, "arrivare" or "partire", for example?

[iyphd]

Dumb question. What about friendship between two people of opposite gender? Could I still use rimasti and amici?

[ThomasHell2]

Yes, in mixed groups the male form is used.

[Adam641810]

Avevamo rimato?

[Adam641810]

Avevano rimato ... i meant. Why is the DL translation using the imperfect of essere?

[JkumC5vF]

Because rimanere is intransitive and requires the auxiliary essere, like all movement verbs, andare, venire, restare, rimanere, ecc...

[MiepKaempf]

To stay is the same as to remain according to me

[PkFf9D]

I put 'they were still good friends'. Is that wrong?

[I-AM-THE-STAR]

But there was no ''still'' in this sentence!!!

[Rachael526237]

Duolingo prefers literal translation, it's for language learning I suppose.