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"Who had asked this question?"
Translation:Chi aveva fatto questa domanda?
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Chiedere takes the requested thing or information as direct object; as such, it often translates "to ask for", and it can be used for "to ask an information". However, a question is not something you request, it's something you say to make a request; this meaning isn't covered by chiedere, and instead you have you use either fare or porre.
To some extent; the hints are associated to the words, not the sentence, and "asked" does normally mean "chiesto"; I added "fatto ... domanda" as "asked ... question", but that is misleading in its own right, because "fare domanda" without any specification means "submitting a request". There's only so much we can teach with hints.
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As always, your comments are an excellent complement to the hints. (Relating your comment below.)
So you can say "chi l'aveva chiesto" to say "who had asked for it"?
OK....WHY would you, (in your "infinite wisdom ") add fatto rather than "chiesto ",
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The literal translation of "fatto questa domanda" is "made this question". It doesn't sound that far fetched if you compare it to "made this request". You wouldn't get upset because someone said "made this request" instead of "asked this request". That's just how English is. You asked why fatto is used here. The answer is: because that's how it is in Italian. Sometimes slightly different words are used to express the same thing
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Chi aveva chiesto questa domanda? NOT accepted 29 July 2017
Duo says that the correct answer is: Chi aveva posto questa domanda?
postare seems awfully specific for such a general sentence.
"Posto" here is not the verb "postare", but the past participle of "porre". "Porre una domanda" is a usual way to say: "ask a question".
Jeffrey - There are lots of correct answers to each question. DL tries to find the one that's most similar to the one you used, which can sometimes be difficult. In other words, you saw "a" correct answer that was probably closest to the one you entered. (Also, see above to understand why you're particular answer was marked incorrect.)
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On the Android app, DL most certainly does not show the correct answer most similar to what you typed. I've experimented with this many times, especially when there are several differences between the submitted answer and the correct one displayed. DL could easily display or link to the full set of correct answers for each exercise. (Even when you get it right) Shame they choose not to.
Why can't I have .. chi ha fatto questo domanda ??? Instead of chi aveva fatto questo domanda..
Because it is 'who had asked this question' not 'who has asked this question'. Subtle, but different.
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Your answer was probably declined because you used "questo" instead of "questa" Unfortunately when your answer deviates from one of the correct answers by just one character, DL does not highlight it. If the correct answer displayed is a different one, this might lead you to think that something else in your answer is wrong. This is my number one complaint with DuoLingo
Past participle of "porre,"' to put or to place. As in to put a question or to pose a question.
I think you have to use fare with una domanda, not sure how domandare works in this context. I guess the fact that there was a specific question, ie this question means you need to use the noun question
There's a difference in meaning. 'Domandare' could mean 'demand' or 'request'.
I don't understand why "chi ha fatto questo domanda" wasn't accepted. When I was taught the trapassato prossimo in a formal Italian class, I was told it can only be used in relation to other verbs/actions. I don't understand why it's considered mandatory here.
Good explanation from f.formica in past comments. four to six years ago.
how would you ask "who had been asked this question?" (ie who had been the recipient of the question, rather than the asker)
It would be "A chi era stata fatta questa domanda?" (passive); the impersonal subject could work as well but it would feel a bit awkward: "A chi si era fatta questa domanda?"
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This whole transitive/intransitive thing will be the death of me yet. I assume that asking something must be transitive since we use 'avere'? I would have never guessed that. Is there another way to figure this out?
curious as to why this answer was incorrect: chi hai chiesta questa domanda
I clicked the wrong button!!! halfway through the correct answer. pathetic. 09.01.21
