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Avete chiesto informazioni?

Avete chiesto informazioni?
Did you ask for information?
From Lesson 68:Irregular past participles (fatto, letto, preso)·Italian

Breakdown of Avete chiesto informazioni?

avere
to have
chiedere
to ask
l'informazione
the information

Questions & Answers about Avete chiesto informazioni?

Why is the past participle chiesto instead of "chieduto"?
Chiesto is the irregular past participle of chiedere (to ask). While many verbs ending in -ere have regular past participles ending in -uto, chiedere is one of the very common irregular verbs you just have to memorize for the passato prossimo.
Where is the word for "for" in this sentence?
You do not need one! The Italian verb chiedere inherently means "to ask for" something. Adding a word like per (for) would be incorrect here.
Why is informazioni plural when the English translation says "information"?
In English, "information" is an uncountable noun and always singular. In Italian, informazione is a regular countable noun. When asking for general details, Italians use the plural form informazioni (literally "informations").
How do we know who is doing the asking?
The helping verb avete is the voi (you all / plural you) form of avere (to have). Because the verb itself tells us exactly who the subject is, Italian usually drops the pronoun voi.

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