Translation
to think
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Examples
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I am thinking about you.
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What do you think about that?
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He thought she had already gone.
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I think, therefore I am.
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She thought for a long time before replying.
Pensi takes pri for the subject you are turning over in your mind, and ke for an opinion you hold. The thing itself is not the direct object, which is why it is mi pensas pri vi and not mi pensas vin. Kion vi pensas does carry the accusative, because there the object is the thought itself rather than the topic.
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Word family
Words built on pensi with Esperanto's affixes. Read each one from its parts.
- elpensaĵonoun
invention, fabrication, figment
elpensi-aĵ-: something thought up
- elpensiverb
to invent, to think up
elpensi: to bring out by thinking
- pensadonoun
thinking, thought (the process)
pensi-ad-: the activity of thinking
- pensemaadjective
thoughtful, pensive
pensi-em-: inclined to think
- pripensiverb
to think over, to consider, to ponder
pripensi
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This word is taught in chapter 1, lesson 14: pensi, ankoraŭ, paroli and 7 more words.