je ne sais quoi penser

English translation: I don't know what to think

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French term or phrase:	je ne sais quoi penser
English translation:	I don't know what to think
Entered by:	Mozart (X)

14:11 Apr 28, 2005

French to English translations [Non-PRO]
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French term or phrase: je ne sais quoi penser

je ne sais quoi penser

just thin sentence, no context

Mozart (X) KudoZ activity Questions: 1579 (none open) (25 without valid answers) (1 closed without grading) Answers: 67
Local time: 20:07

I don't know what to think / I know not what to think

Explanation:
Slightly literary register ('pas' omitted) so the latter might be appropriate in English, though the English sounds a bit comical.

Selected response from:

Angela Dickson (X)
United Kingdom
Local time: 19:07

Grading comment

4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

Summary of answers provided

3 +11

I don't know what to think / I know not what to think

Angela Dickson (X)

5 +3

I (really) don't know what to think/believe

Cristina Heraud-van Tol

3 +3

I'm baffled

PaoloM

Dunno what to think

S_G_C

Answers

1 min confidence:

peer agreement (net): +3

I'm baffled

Explanation:
I don't know what to say

PaoloM
Local time: 20:07
Native speaker of:

French,

Italian

2 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +11

I don't know what to think / I know not what to think

Explanation:
Slightly literary register ('pas' omitted) so the latter might be appropriate in English, though the English sounds a bit comical.

Angela Dickson (X)
United Kingdom
Local time: 19:07
Works in field
Native speaker of: English

6 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +3

I (really) don't know what to think/believe

Explanation:
I think this is quite accurate.

Cristina Heraud-van Tol
Peru
Local time: 13:07
Works in field
Native speaker of: Spanish

1 hr confidence:

Dunno what to think

Explanation:
I wrote "don't know" as "dunno", because, if your translation comes from a familiar text (for example, letter, homework or something similar), its "oral" transcript will do. Like "got to" written "gotta" or "want to" written "wanna"

S_G_C
Romania
Local time: 21:07
Works in field
Native speaker of:

Romanian

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