"Who was answering the telephone?"

Translation: Chi rispondeva al telefono?

[peter2108]

rispondere always takes preposition a

[VamsVams]

yes in transitive form, but other forms: (I answered in writing) Ho risposto per iscritto

[lukesmom53]

Sorry! It says THE telephone. Why isn't it il telefono?

[charles751522]

I got tagged for that also, but then just switched the way I look at rispondere....it will no longer be "answer" in my mind but "respond".

[Imnuts7]

a+il = al

[TechLich]

Then who was phone?

[Giuseppe777570]

I guess it's more like "Who was responding to the telephone?" in english.

[.mellivora]

italian mother speaker here, "AL telefono" should be correct too.