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Dom
April 26, 2012, 05:23 PM
I was wondering about how to use "creer" vs "pensar" so please tell me if I am correct based on these examples.
(Also if my Spanish is right, still learning:thinking:)

Creer: I think that he is right. Yo creo eso el es correcto.

Pensar: I am thinking of what time to go. Yo pienso de que hora a ir.

Thanks a lot

Rusty
April 26, 2012, 09:24 PM
You have figured out how to use these verbs, but they sometimes overlap.

Your Spanish is not quite right. Word-for-word translations will often not work.

creo = I believe (there's no need for the subject pronoun 'yo' in the present indicative tense, unless you're trying to emphasize)
que = that (conjunction) - 'eso' is a relative pronoun
él = he
tiene razón = is right (literally, "has reason")

pienso en = I'm thinking of
a que = at what
hora = time
irme = to go (literally, "I'm going" (leaving one location to go to another))

Dom
April 29, 2012, 06:47 PM
Alright thanks. Still trying to figure out how to make sentences properly in spanish. For "irme", is that to use if i'm only talking about myself? Could I use it if I was talking about a group of people or somebody else?

Rusty
April 29, 2012, 07:23 PM
It only works for yourself. The pronoun on the end will change according to person and number. The infinitive and the possible reflexive pronouns appear below.

IRSE

{||}Person | Singular | Plural
{|}1st | irme | irnos
{|}2nd | irte | iros
{|}3rd | irse | irse