In the final line of dialogue in lesson 14.3, Roberto says: "Eh si, pensa che a cinque anni..." Why does he say "pensa" and not "penso"?
Lesson 14.3 - pensa che
Jennifer-K
October 1, 2012
MAS--
November 11, 2012
penso
Maria-DiLorenzi
November 25, 2012
ciao Jennifer,
the translation of Robert's sentence is "you have think that .." so you will need to conjugate the verb using the pronoun "tu" : "(tu) pensa che ...".
If you say "io penso che" , you will say "I think that" which will change the meaning of the sentence.
I hope this helps.
Ciao
Jennifer-K
November 25, 2012
Thank you, this does help. But I think it makes much more sense to the "story" of the dialogue if Roberto says "Um yes, I think that when I was 5 years old, I had already tried to cook by myself."
Maria-DiLorenzi
December 5, 2012
Ciao Jennifer,
when translating from a language to another you will notice that some sentences are expressed in a different way.
By the way I love the picture on your profile :)
Ciao