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