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"C'รจ qualcuno che aspetta?" would be the most natural way to say this.
But "Aspetta qualcuno?" and "Qualcuno aspetta?" could both mean it. COULD. But they wouldn't be used often.
I answered, "are you waiting for someone" (thinking it was aspetatte) and it was accepted. Can someone tell me why that is also correct?
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Aspetta (3rd person singular) is used with lui, lei, and Lei (formal you).
To wait on normally means to serve, as in a restaurant. Maybe some people use it your way, but that doesn't make it correct.
I am sorry, but the fas audio clearly says: "aspetta a qualcuno" I wrote it, and guess what! I got it wrong.
Aspetta a qualcuno is dialectal. I would be surprised it was correct. :)
The last A of aspetta is a bit too long than necessary, but really a little bit, I wouldn't say it sounds like "Aspetta a". Here I cannot listen the slow version, where maybe the issue is more evident.
Anyone is the same as anybody and thus it should be a correct answer as well
it is also possible to write: do you wait for anyone, anyone and anybody are synonyms..
"Is he awaiting someone?" albeit a tad olde worlde should have been accepted but wasn't.
