Infinitive
pensi
Forms
Tenses
| Present | pensas |
| Past | pensis |
| Future | pensos |
| Conditional | pensus |
| Imperative | pensu! |
Participles
| Active past | pensinta |
| Active present | pensanta |
| Active future | pensonta |
| Passive past | pensita |
| Passive present | pensta |
| Passive future | pensota |
Etymology
From Latin pēnsāre. See: Latin '
penso'.
Sample Sentences
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Mi pensas, do mi estas. (I think, therefore I am.)
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"Mi pensas pri la rakontoj kiuj parolas pri homoj en Hadeso - ke maljustulo devas esti punata tie. Eble oni antaŭe ridis pri tiaj rakontoj, sed nun la menso ekdubas, eble ili estas veraj." ("I think about the stories which talk about people in Hades - that the unjust must be punished there. Perhaps one previously laughed about these stories, but now the mind begins to doubt, maybe they are true.") [2012, Plato, translated by Donald Broadribb, La Respubliko (Traduko al Esperanto) [The Republic (Translation into Esperanto)], 2nd corrected edition (paperback), New York: Mondial, →ISBN, page 20:]
Translations
think, to ponder, to go over in one's head
think, communicate to oneself in one’s mind