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[gramatica]

Hola a todos:

¿Me podrían decir si así se traducen estas frases del inglés al español, por favor?

I thought you would win=Creí que ganarías (sí ganó)

En inglés para expresar esto hay casi un enfásis en el "thought".

I thought you would win=Creía/creí que ganarías (no ganó)
Y hay casi un enfásis en el "I".

Gracias

[tacuba]

I would say - "Sí creía que ......"

The "Sí" is used as an intensifier.

[AngelicaDeAlquezar]

Adding to Tacuba's suggestion:

Sabía que ganarías. -> ganó
Creí que ganarías. -> no ganó

For the ambiguous sentence, you can use: "estaba seguro de que ganarías", and the intonation, either enthusiastic or disappointed will show the meaning.

[gramatica]

Thank you very much

Would it be like this?

Sí creía que ganarías (ganó/no ganó)
Creí que ganarías (no ganó)

If the person did win, the only option is "estaba seguro de/sí creía que ganarías," right?

Someone told me that if it did happen you would use "creí" and if it didn't you would use "creía." Is that not true?

Thank you

[AngelicaDeAlquezar]

No.

¡Sí! ¡Sabía que ganarías! / ¡Estaba seguro de que ganarías! (With an enthusiastic intonation) -> Ganó

Creí que ganarías. / Estaba seguro de que ganarías. (With a disappointed intonation) -> No ganó

As for "creí"-"creía", "creía" doesn't sound natural to me, but maybe in some other region.

[Rusty]

English translations:

Yes! I knew you would win! / I was sure that you would win! (enthusiastic) -> won
I thought you would win. / I was sure that you would win. (sad) -> didn't win

[gramatica]

Thank you very much

Does anyone know if in Spain "creía que ganarías" (no ganó) would be common?

Thank you

[irmamar]

Never use "creer" if the action is successful; you can say "suponer" or "imaginar" instead (with "ya"), or "saber", as it has been explained.

Ya suponía/ya me imaginaba que ganarías (and he won).

And yes, we use "creía/pensaba/estaba convencido de/hubiera jurado/etc. que ganarías" instead of "creí/pensé/etc." (and he didn't won).

[gramatica]

Oh, I didn't know that. Thank you very much.

Regards