"Der Sohn stellte seiner Mutter eine Frage."

Translation: The son asked his mother a question.

[StrapsOption]

'The son put a question to his mother' should also be correct.

[clivew]

That's exactly what I put

[lazar.ljubenovic]

Who says that?

[StrapsOption]

It's a perfectly correct way to put the sentence.

[RiordanIX]

I would say "put forth", but either way they both sound a bit dated, no?

[hadrien.schmitt]

The son asked a question to his mother.

[Alphathon]

Technically it should be "The son asked a question of his mother."

[lindentree00]

Technically and otherwise, Duolingo's translation is better than yours.

[luishpbu]

I said "The son posed his mother a question". Surely that's acceptable too? Probably even closer to the original?

[littletinyfish]

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[ullek]

Is not raise a question the same?

[GeorgeSchieder]

Why "seiner" here?

[littletinyfish]

The son is the subject (nominative), the question is the direct object (accusative), the mother is the indirect object (dative). "The son" is putting "a question" to "his mother."

[dabulafia]

"The son asked a question to his mother" should be accepted as well. It's just the same!

[Alphathon]

To me "ask to" doesn't sound right. I don't think it's wrong per se, but it seems unidiomatic; it would normally be "asked his mother a question" or "asked a question of his mother". It may be dialectal or something though.

[littletinyfish]

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[RobertoMon365886]

Posed does not correspond to the english answer. Please review and correct

[Stephen83116]

Can you say "Der Sohn fragte seiner Mutter eine Frage?"