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"もうしつもんにこたえましたか?"
Translation:Did you already answer the question?
June 22, 2017
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Albur_Godwin
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I have just looked it up on the Wiktionary, and I think the answer (!) lies in the verb’s object: when used transitively, its object is the answer to the question, not whom one is speaking to.
(intransitive) to answer a question
6つの質問に答える。
Muttsu no shitsumon ni kotaeru.
I will answer six questions.(transitive) to say in reply to a question
名前を答えた。
Namae o kotaeta.
She gave her name.