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La fonte a cui chiedo l'informazione conferma tutto.

La fonte a cui chiedo l'informazione conferma tutto.
The source I am asking for the information confirms everything.
From Lesson 126:Relative pronouns with prepositions (cui)·Italian

Questions & Answers about La fonte a cui chiedo l'informazione conferma tutto.

Why do we use a cui here instead of just che?
You use cui instead of che whenever a relative pronoun follows a preposition. The verb chiedere (to ask) requires the preposition a when mentioning who you are asking (literally to ask something to someone). So, the source you ask becomes la fonte a cui chiedo (the source to which I ask).
Why is there no word for 'for' in the Italian sentence when the English translation says 'asking for'?
The Italian verb chiedere directly takes the object you want. It carries the meaning of both 'to ask' and 'to ask for'. You just say chiedo l'informazione (I ask the information) without needing a preposition like per.
Why is informazione singular here? In English, 'information' doesn't have a plural or singular form.
Unlike in English, the Italian word informazione is countable. You can ask for a single piece of information (un'informazione) or multiple pieces (le informazioni). In this sentence, the speaker is asking for one specific fact.
What is the subject of the verb conferma at the end of the sentence?
The subject is la fonte (the source). The core sentence is simply 'La fonte conferma tutto' (The source confirms everything). It is just interrupted by the phrase a cui chiedo l'informazione which gives us more detail about that source.

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