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Japanese translation: Omou / Omoimasu

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English term or phrase:think (to think)
Japanese translation:Omou / Omoimasu
Entered by: Will Matter

15:51 Aug 4, 2004
English to Japanese translations [Non-PRO]
Education / Pedagogy
English term or phrase: think
To see the word think in different languages
lucy bernier
Omou
Explanation:
Omou (O-mo-u) is 'to think' in Japanese. Spanish and Portuguese are both 'pensar', French is 'penser' and Italian is 'pensare'. German and Dutch are both 'denken', maybe you can see how they are related to 'think'. Norwegian is 'tenke', Swedish is 'tanka' with an umlaut (two dots) over the first 'a' and Danish is 'taenke' which used a letter (a & e together) which English doesn't have. Esperanto is 'pensi' which is similar to the English word 'pensive' which means 'thoughtful'. Indonesian is 'pikir' and Russian is 'dumat'. HTH.

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Note added at 2004-08-18 04:23:14 (GMT)
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Korean is \'saeng gak hada\' (to think), this is the basic verb form.
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take a look here


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Omou


Explanation:
Omou (O-mo-u) is 'to think' in Japanese. Spanish and Portuguese are both 'pensar', French is 'penser' and Italian is 'pensare'. German and Dutch are both 'denken', maybe you can see how they are related to 'think'. Norwegian is 'tenke', Swedish is 'tanka' with an umlaut (two dots) over the first 'a' and Danish is 'taenke' which used a letter (a & e together) which English doesn't have. Esperanto is 'pensi' which is similar to the English word 'pensive' which means 'thoughtful'. Indonesian is 'pikir' and Russian is 'dumat'. HTH.

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Note added at 2004-08-18 04:23:14 (GMT)
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Korean is \'saeng gak hada\' (to think), this is the basic verb form.

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agree  Daniel Mencher
24 mins
  -> komapsumnida!
agree  Vulcan27
27 days
  -> thanks, Bob.
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