"This task took three hours."

Translation: Questo compito ha richiesto tre ore.

[confusedbeetle]

In a lesson with my teacher about a journey, I said "ci vuole due ore" He told me that if the hours were plural it would be ci volgiono, only ci voglio if i was one hour. This one takes 3 hours but is singular. Have I got it wrong somewhere

[confusedbeetle]

i mean ci vuole

[cacioepepe]

Is there some reason that "ci vuole" cannot become "ci voleva" in the past?

[confusedbeetle]

good question

[Barbaracchia]

The exact translation is: "ci sono volute tre ore per questo compito".

[confusedbeetle]

that makes sense