Topic: Italian

"Lei risponde alle domande."

Translation:She answers the questions.

August 4, 2013

20 Comments

https://www.duolingo.com/padrosocrate

    se la preposizione articolata "alle" è uguale a "to the", perchè scrivete solo l'articolo determinativo e considerate sbagliato ciò che doverebbe essere giusto? Sono certo che avete una spiegazione anche per questo! Ergo, aspetto di leggerla, grazie.

    August 4, 2013
    https://www.duolingo.com/Viaggiatore

      Che cosa, secondo lei, dovrebbe essere giusto?

      August 4, 2013
      https://www.duolingo.com/padrosocrate

        I think: "she answers TO THE questions". Bye.

        August 4, 2013
        https://www.duolingo.com/Viaggiatore

          In English, "answer" is a transitive verb, and in Italian "rispondere" is not. Hence the difference. In Italian you need the preposition and in English you don't.

          August 4, 2013
          https://www.duolingo.com/gullideckel

            but it's not wrong to use "to the" either, right?

            November 28, 2013
            https://www.duolingo.com/maviportakal
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            • 722

            While you would not say 'She answers to the questions', you could say 'She responds to the questions'. Unlike answer, respond takes the preposition in this case.

            August 20, 2014
            https://www.duolingo.com/Viaggiatore

              "She answers to the questions" is poor English.

              November 28, 2013
              https://www.duolingo.com/padrosocrate

                Thank you so much, Viaggiatore.

                August 5, 2013
                https://www.duolingo.com/H.G.Stolk27

                  She answers the questions! And she reports to you live from New York city!

                  May 30, 2017
                  https://www.duolingo.com/almazen.14

                    How should be , in English, then: "lei risponde le domande."?

                    September 23, 2013
                    https://www.duolingo.com/Viaggiatore

                      I don't think that would be grammatical.

                      September 23, 2013
                      https://www.duolingo.com/almazen.14

                        Grazie!!!

                        September 23, 2013
                        https://www.duolingo.com/ChuckVC
                        • 22

                        In English, in would be "She answers the questions."

                        April 17, 2016
                        https://www.duolingo.com/bernard.selin

                          Why "to the questions" is not correct - alle domande MEANS to THE questions rather than to questions.....

                          October 28, 2014
                          https://www.duolingo.com/Muyil
                          • 631

                          I thought 'alle' was 'to'. So is it 'she answers TO questions? Where is the 'the' in this sentence? Is it just implied?

                          November 19, 2015
                          https://www.duolingo.com/Jeffrey855877
                          • 1046

                          "alle" = "a le" = "to the"

                          October 18, 2016
                          https://www.duolingo.com/Jeffrey855877
                          • 1046

                          How about "she responds to the demands"? I can give three or four contextual translations where that is appropriate.

                          October 18, 2016
                          https://www.duolingo.com/FlyingWeagle

                            Perché non è 'di' ma 'alle'?

                            January 24, 2017
                            https://www.duolingo.com/lidercfeny

                              it is not clear by the robot speak if it's alle or le

                              November 1, 2017
                              https://www.duolingo.com/cristina333271

                                It is wrong

                                December 12, 2017
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