Breakdown of Il venti per cento degli intervistati hanno finito il questionario.
avere
to have
di
of, from
venti
twenty
cento
one hundred
finire
to finish
il questionario
the questionnaire
per cento
per (in percentages)
l'intervistato
the respondent / the interviewee (m)
Questions & Answers about Il venti per cento degli intervistati hanno finito il questionario.
Why is the verb hanno finito plural when the subject is Il venti per cento (singular)?
This is the core of this lesson: agreement by meaning (concordanza a senso). Even though Il venti per cento is grammatically singular, it refers to a plural group (degli intervistati). When a percentage or fraction is followed by di and a plural noun, Italian commonly uses a plural verb because the mental focus is on the multiple people involved.
Would it be wrong to say ha finito instead?
Why do we need the article Il before the percentage?
How does intervistati translate to 'respondents'?
Intervistati is the plural past participle of the verb intervistare (to interview). Italian frequently turns past participles into nouns to describe a group of people who have undergone an action. Literally, it means 'the interviewed ones', which in a survey context translates perfectly to 'respondents'.
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