"もうしつもんにこたえましたか？"

Translation: Did you already answer the question?

[darthoctopus]

もう質問に答えましたか

[Erin297090]

Why is "Did I already answer the question?" not acceptable? I understand that it's a much less useful sentence in practice, but is it wrong?

[Langston769884]

Yea, like something a teacher or Professor would say to a student who asked questions. I'd already reported it

[dojipengin]

Can't I say "Did you answer the question yet?"?

[317.oNlYxOpmHnr1]

mou - finished actions
mada - unfinished actions

[Diandra788126]

もう is already while まだ is yet. So it's better to answer already even if it sounds a little funny in English. It gets confusing sometimes :(

[ThomasOrla2]

You should

[Scott827167]

Yeah, totally yet makes way more sense here.

[ShelleyLowe]

I did "Did you answer another question". How do you differentiate already and another in this context?

[ronCYA]

Likewise! Can't tell if there's some specific contextual use or if the Japanese beta is being kooky as usual.

[Banner223]

I think then it would be "もっと" instead of "もう".

[Kei06182005]

Why is it に and not を？

[Albur_Godwin]

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.

1. (intransitive) to answer a question
   ６つの質問に答える。
   Muttsu no shitsumon ni kotaeru.
   I will answer six questions.

2. (transitive) to say in reply to a question
   名前を答えた。
   Namae o kotaeta.
   She gave her name.

[user-james]

I would also love to know this

[Faliorn]

Wouldn't "Have you answered the question already" be right? I'm not sure because I'm not a native English speaker

[Brettah31]

Thats what i wrote and I'm fairly sure it should be accepted. The difference is between past simple tense and past perfect tense. If Japanese does not have a distinction between these two tenses, then I think our answer should be accepted. It is a correct English sentence.

[JustusAggi1]

That's more acceptable; you are right.

[nataliamane]

Did you already answer the questions? Why can't it be plural?

[DevonHollo]

Would "Has the question already been answered?" be a valid translation?

[antimagical]

This is what I answered as well. Seems reasonable since there's no explicit subject in the original sentence. OTOH, in Japanese the passive form of a verb is sometimes (usually?) a slightly different word, so maybe that's not correct.

[KaeRank]

Why not "have i already answered the question?" There is no distinction between 'i' and 'you' in this question.

[karin417577]

I would put it as "did you answer the question already? " not "did you already answer the question? "

[Jinghui15]

Why has it got to be "the quetion" and not "a question"?

[nataliamane]

Did you already answer the QUESTIONS? That also be accepted

[ajgateno]

"Have you already answered the question"

[Picmov]

It is present perfect not past.
Like this:
"Have you already answered the question?"
I hope it helps

[Martens_Robert]

You don't use already with past tense 'did'. You use it with 'have you already'

[Nana.san]

Can we use 「質問にもう答えましたか?」?

[Nathalia9119]

Shouldn't the translation be something like "Have you already answered this question?"?????

[Martens_Robert]

Yes, but not 'this' better is 'the'