"Forse qualcuno non ci credeva."

Translation: Maybe somebody did not believe us.

[Anemona11]

when do you know that "ci" means "us" or "it"? or can it sometimes be both?

[rthessler]

I think usually just based on context. If this sentence were "Maybe somebody did not believe it", I believe "lo/la" would have been used rather than "ci".

[denisemelv1]

DL accepted 'it' for me

[Viaggiatore]

I think it could mean both here.

[Anemona11]

Grazie.

[tabnik]

I'm confused about when we can and cannot use "used to"

[Shivaadh]

You can search for the difference between "perfect" and "imperfect" aspect of past tense. The concepts are quite clear, the only problem is that English is such a mishmash language that it doesn't act consistently. But you'll find that the distinction is applied clearly in Spanish.

[Shivaadh]

http://www.russianlessons.net/grammar/verbs_aspect.php

[Marie-Clau488985]

Why is "perhaps" a wrong translation of "Forse"?

[Gail856233]

Sounded to me like qualcuna

[Graymac70]

I re-listened several times. Every time I hear qualcunA.

[AlexBuxton]

Why not would not believe us rather than did not believe us

[bipollack]

same question

[Ann_Luisa]

'Would not believe us' implies something you are planning to say / do in the future which would not be believed

[Eluzie]

Why was 'maybe no one believed us' incorrect?

[friswing]

no one = nessuno. somebody = qualcuno

[redorff]

"maybe somebody has not believed us" is not accepted, why?

[friswing]

two possible reasons: - negation (not) takes construction with do/did. (almost always). But also: has believed is another verb tense in Italien, ha creduto, instead of credeva ... that's what I believe in this context here.

[Andy9703]

"Qualcuno" can be "someone", right? Qualche=some, uno=one. Plus the drop down menu (the tips) says "someone" is a viable response. So why is that a wrong answer here?

[Lisa170113]

I am not a native english speaker- why not anybody as there is a negation instead of somebody??

[DessieV]

You are right. The correct translation should be Nobody believed us.

[jzzybme]

Anybody doesn't sound right in English. As a native English speaker, I can't really tell you why. I just know it sounds very odd. I would say that somebody is more of a "searching for a specific person/group" word and anybody is a "free-for-all/everyone is invited." I'm not sure if this makes sense to you. It's hard to explain. Hopefully someone else will come along to explain it better than me.

[dfjacobs]

If I say, "somebody (or someone - they are equivalent) doesn't believe us," I mean there is a person or persons who don't believe us. If I say "Not anybody believes us," I mean that no one, or nobody, believes us. And we simply would not say "Anybody doesn't believe us."

[Filippo_________]

I think that "maybe someone did not believe that" should be accepted. "ci" may be translated both as "to us" and "to that (thing)".

[ThomasHell2]

Could this be "forse qualcuno non ci credesse"? The sentence seems to imply doubt, but Duolingo does not accept subjunctive here.

[Stick.to.it]

"maybe someone didn't believe us" was not accepted. Why? someone = somebody; didn't = did not. Reported.

[WalterZAMB4]

Ha ha. Knew it past imperfect can also be 'did' as well as 'used to', 'was' or 'would'. Welcome to Duo gambling! Which one will it be this time!!!

[mikeforbes]

Here 'would' would look to the future