"Where has she come from?"

Translation: Da dove è venuta?

[TitiaZ]

Is 'da dove lei è venuta?' not correct? I just lost a heart on it :(

[nayrad]

From my experience with latin languages, the "lei" should probably come after venuta

[ManuCassanello]

That wouldn't work for Portuguese

[linda37524]

Lei isn't necessary as venuta with A at the end denotes its she.

[coledanielj]

Actually venuta can indicate she/it.
L'amore è una sensazione che va così come è venuta. (Love is a feeling that goes the way it came.)

[margherita809279]

Me too

[SmithMalcolm]

Can anyone explain why Da dove lei e venuta is wrong

[nayrad]

I need a native's help here but I think lei should come after the venuta because it is a question

[Tommysarto]

venuta is feminine so the subject is omitted because not necessary (and because it sounds very bad). You can put it after venuta, but it is for kinda emphazising that you are referring to a specific girl (among a group for instance). Imagine there is a group of girls over there and you ask a friend about one of them: da dove è venuta lei? (perhaps also indicating her with your finger even though it's not nice)

[herrtrebil]

very helpful thank you

[lisaBrigst]

That now makes sense to me! Thank you

[JorgeTodes]

I think in a question LEI must come first.

[Molly344227]

Why not 'da dov'e venuta?' when do we use dov'e vs dove e?

[CactusBrownies]

"Dov'é" is just a contraction of "Dove é."

"Dov'é" means "Where is"
"Dove" means "Where"

[Scott1.02]

"Da dov'è venuta" is accepted.

[kama_ro]

december 2020: is not.

another typical day in 2020

[nikkics]

i'm not 100% here but from what i have been taught:

Dove = where like where are you?
Dov'è = where is like where is it?

Thats how i work out how which is best to use.

[mangoHero1]

I thought it was di because of the phrase Di dove sei?

[j.vallejo]

Da dove è lei venuta? Why is it wrong?

[CactusBrownies]

Is it like french where the past participle agrees with the subject in number/gender if the auxilliary is "essere"?

[ThomasHell2]

Yes, exactly.

[oceanmovement]

One would say, "Di dove sei?" To ask "Where are you from?"
Why is it "Da" here?

[Stefan_Hey]

You are right with "Di dove sei?", but when you are using a verb of motion (venire) you have to use "DA".
So you can ask the same question in two ways.
"Di dove sei?". (Where ARE you from?)
"Da dove vieni?" (where do you COME from?).

check out this video at 29'25":
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ObLNGiW-ls

[gilitaly]

is there something wrong with saying: "di dove ha venuta:"

[travel.linguist]

Yes, venire in the perfect tense is always using "essere" as the auxilliary verb.

It's just like in English saying: I am come - instead of I have come.

[nayrad]

Btw, I don't know if you are a native, but it is terrible english to say "I am come"

[travel.linguist]

That's what the given sentence of "gilitaly" would be in English (of course, terrible English), as an equivalent.

[deactivated user]

Not terrible exactly, but it would make you sound as if you'd stepped out of the sixteenth century.

[Avellana620325]

No, not terrible- just archaic and biblical!

[nayrad]

Also you said di instead of the word meaning from a location da

[lisaBrigst]

is it very wrong to say da dove lei e venuta?

[Sky_Larme]

i've been taught before that " di dov'e" means where are you from. so why here "da" is used?

[oceanmovement]

I wondered about the same thing.
After further speculation, I believe that the sentence is saying "Where did she come from?" Not "Where is she from?"

[Miriam298384]

why is da dove lei e venuta wrong?

[maz1269]

if you typed it exactly that way, could be the lack of accent in "è"

[Orte15]

Da dove è arrivata? must be a correct answer too

[samuelthom109155]

What is "da" doing there?

[coledanielj]

Da is "from". The sentence really says "From where has she come?" (I believe a better translation)

[TJTitmus]

Da = from, di = of

[CillaConwa]

sod it, I'm not impressed that they mark the 'lei' wrong.

[maz1269]

it might not be technically wrong, but in lots of cases it might sound awkward (to italians). so it's not always "optional" to drop the pronoun, sometimes you have to

[elenaclancy]

I had: dove hai ho venuta. What is this incorrect the word is is not in the sentence?

[Rosanne968141]

why is it e and not ha

[coledanielj]

The present perfect is formed with è venuta

[Stefan_Hey]

because it is a verb of movement/motion (like: correre, andare, venire, passare) and most of them (not all) create Passato Prossimo using "essere"

[MartinJeffree]

is 'da dove lei è venuta' really wrong - frankly I do not believe it. An explanation is required DL. Looking at some of the comments, I can agree that the definite article may not be necessary - but is it really wrong to use it? Several points of view are expressed below - why can't DL say something definitive about it?

[ThomasHell2]

Like Tommysarto writes above, the "lei" is used to put stress on the girl:

"Da dove è venuta?" = "Where has she come from?" (unstressed)

"Da dove è venuta lei?" = "Where has SHE come from?" (stressed)

The word order must be with "lei" at the end, not in the middle. Hth!

[maureen428927]

Why is it not correct to put in "lei"?