"It did not go the way I had expected."

Translation: Non era andata come mi ero aspettato.

[aldemar1993]

"non ando' " should work too. Especially if "pote' " is requested as a translation for "could have" in another phrase. :-)

[mukkapazza]

It works with the accent: andò

[aldemar1993]

I thought I had typed in, but maybe I goofed. Thanks, mukkapazza. I like your name. :-)

[robert0n]

I don't really understand the "mi". Aspettare is transitive so is it because the Italian is "I expected to me "?

Non capisco... :-(

[kayamel]

Very likely an old question but for the others asking the same question : the verb here is not "Aspettare" but the reflexive "Aspettarsi".

[imradha]

Why does it accept only andata and not era andato?

[valerieheath]

"It" did not go, not "I' did not go. "era andato" not "ero andato".

[imradha]

Sorry, I meant why does it not accept non era andato, only andata?

[valerieheath]

Mi dispiace. Good question! Seems logical to me it could be M or F.