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- "Mi hanno riconosciuta?"
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Really? "Recognised" is not accepted? Please put some effort into these because it's almost unbearably annoying at these higher levels.
If you find similar stuff again you should report it. Duo has been conceived in American English, but British English should be accepted as well.
'recognised' now accepted. But there are still lots of correct alternatives they reject ...
Is this an irregular verb? I thought it would be "riconosciuto" because it's paired with avere, not with essere.
In present perfect the verb agrees with the direct object if it is placed before the verb. So "They have recognized the girl" would be "Hanno riconosciuto la ragazza", but "Mi hanno riconosciuta" if the speaker is female. It is the same rule as in French.
It's reflexive, so "riconosciuta" is agreeing with whatever "mi" is standing for, i.e. the speaker is female.
Oops, I was wrong when I said it's reflexive, but the rest of my explanation is right.
Very unatural sounding sentence. We'd say "did they recognise me" not "have"
Did they recognize (but not do they recognize)
Have they recognized (but not have they recognize)
Either works, as should recognised/recognise
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Since RECONOSCIUTA ends with an A, is it a female asking the question ? What if it's a male asking the question, do you then use the word RECONOSCIUTO ?
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"Mi hanno riconosciuta" could be (assuming I'm right) either "have they ... ?" OR "they have ..." So how do we tell which is intended? Is this a tone of voice thing?
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Yes, if the voice goes up at the end of the sentance it is a question, otherwise it is a declaration.
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But the voice is masculine. I wish DL would pay attention to which voice is speaking to help us understand when gender agreement is important.
in these days of gender fluidity he is choosing to identify as a woman! But probably it's a clever way of making us pay attention to what's being said rather than relying on clues :-)
Couldn't it be "Have they recognized me?" Last time I checked it could just as easily be "Loro (polite you) hanno" as loro (they) hanno. Not as common but still...
You misheard, but if it were to be correct, it would have been: .... mi non ha riconosciuta
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In mine today, the speaker was feminine, so 'riconosciuta' worked. But from the comments above, and ending in 'o' should work for a male speaker. Perhaps it should be reported?
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The info that the past participle must agree with the object gender and number even when the auxiliary verb is avere should be added to the tips. It would greatly help the understanding.
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It is up to you, and it is in the DL tips: If the verb is conjugated with any other direct object clitic, it can OPTIONALLY match its gender and number: Antonio mi ha chiamata. OR Antonio mi ha chiamato. Antonio called me. (For a feminine "me.")
8th July 2014 - still marking 'recognised' wrong - despite what one comment says below...
