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gandeam
I was thinking /gɨnˈde̯am/
verb#4331 most common
Also: I used to think, I would think
Example sentences
Gândeam în liniște.
I was thinking quietly.
Mă gândeam la tine în tot acest timp.
I was thinking of you the whole time.
Gândeam că o să plouă azi.
I thought it would rain today.
Pe vremea aceea, gândeam altfel despre viață.
Back then, I thought differently about life.
Mă gândeam serios să-mi schimb slujba.
I was seriously thinking about changing my job.
Gândeam, pe atunci, într-un mod care azi mi se pare naiv, că lucrurile se vor rezolva de la sine.
Back then, I thought, in a way that seems naive to me today, that things would resolve themselves.
Conjugation
| Present Active | Simple Past Active | Simple Future Active | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1sg | gândesc | gândii | voi gândi |
| 2sg | gândești | gândiși | vei gândi |
| 3sg | gândește | gândi | va gândi |
| 1pl | gândim | gândirăm | vom gândi |
| 2pl | gândiți | gândirăți | veți gândi |
| 3pl | gândesc | gândiră | vor gândi |
Word family
gânda thought
a gândito think (infinitive)
a se gândito think about, to consider (reflexive)
gânditorthinker; thoughtful, pensive
gândirethinking, thought processEtymology
"Gândeam" is the first person singular imperfect of the verb "a gândi", to think. The root "gând" (thought) is generally traced by Romanian dictionaries to a Slavic source, related to Old Church Slavonic and South Slavic words meaning to guess or divine. The imperfect ending "-eam" marks an ongoing or habitual action in the past, a standard pattern for verbs of this conjugation class.
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