I don't think so

English

English phrasebook

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Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /aɪ dəʊnt θɪŋk səʊ/
• (US) IPA^(key): /aː doʊnt θɪŋk soʊ/

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Phrase

I don't think so

1. I think what has been said is untrue.

   Bob: Is this the right place to catch the bus?

   Suzy: I don't think so.

2. (sarcastic) No, absolutely not (used to refuse or decline something proposed).

   Go out with you? Huh, I don't think so, sweetheart!

Synonyms

• (I think what has been said is untrue): I think not, I suppose not
• (strong way to say no): absolutely not, hardly, not in a million years, not on your life, not on your nelly (British), not likely, no way, no way Jose, as if, no chance

Translations

I think that what has been said is untrue

• Afrikaans: ek dink nie so nie, ek glo dit nie
• Albanian: une nuk mendoj kështu, nuk mendoj kështu
• Arabic: لَا أَظُنُّ ذٰلِكَ (lā ʔaẓunnu ḏālika), لَا أَظُنُّ (lā ʔaẓunnu)

  Hijazi Arabic: ما أتوقَّع (mā atwaggaʕ, mā atwaqqaʕ), ما أظُن (mā ʔaẓunn)

• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 我唔係噉諗／我唔系噉谂 (ngo⁵ m⁴ hai⁶ gam² nam²), 我覺得唔係／我觉得唔系 (ngo⁵ gok³ dak¹ m⁴ hai⁶), 我唔覺得／我唔觉得 (ngo⁵ m⁴ gok³ dak¹), 好似唔係／好似唔系 (hou² ci⁵ m⁴ hai⁶)

  Mandarin: 我不這樣認為／我不这样认为 (wǒ bù zhèyàng rènwéi), 我覺得不是／我觉得不是 (wǒ juéde bùshì), 我不覺得／我不觉得 (wǒ bù juéde), 我可不這麼想／我可不这么想 (wǒ kě bù zhème xiǎng), (as is often said in informal conversation, with subject omitted) 好像不是 (hǎoxiàng bùshì)

• Czech: please add this translation if you can
• Danish: det tror jeg ikke
• Dutch: ik denk het niet, ik denk van niet
• Faroese: tað haldi eg ikki
• Finnish: en usko
• French: je ne pense pas, je ne crois pas
• Galician: coido que non, penso que non, creo que non
• Georgian: არა მგონია (ara mgonia), სხვაგვარად ვფიქრობ (sxvagvarad vpikrob)
• German: das glaube ich nicht, ich glaube nicht
• Greek: δε νομίζω (de nomízo)
• Hebrew: אֲנִי לֹא חוֹשֵׁב כָּכָה m (ani lo khoshev kakha), אֲנִי לֹא חוֹשֶׁבֶת כָּכָה (ani lo khoshevet kakha)
• Hindi: मेरे खयाल से नहीं है (mere khayāl se nahī̃ hai), मुझे नहीं लगता है (mujhe nahī̃ lagtā hai)
• Hungarian: nem hiszem
• Icelandic: ég held ekki, það held ég ekki
• Indonesian: saya rasa tidak
• Italian: penso di no, mi sa di no
• Japanese: 私はそうは思わない (watashi wa sō wa omowanai)
• Jingpho: ngai dai hku n shadu ai, ngai dai hku zawn n nawn ai
• Khmer: ខ្ញុំមិនគិតដូច្នេះទេ (kɲom mɨn kɨt doocneh tei)
• Kurdish:

  Central Kurdish: بڕوا ناکەم (birrwa nakem), باوەڕ ناکەم (bawerr nakem)

• Macedonian: не би рекол (ne bi rekol)
• Maltese: ma naħsibx li hekk
• Marathi: मला असं वाटत नाही (malā asa vāṭat nāhī)
• Navajo: dooda shaʼshin
• Norwegian: jeg tror ikke det, det tror jeg ikke, jeg tviler
• Ojibwe: gaawiin nindinendanzii, gaawiin ganabaj sa naa
• Persian: فکر نکنم, اینطور فکر نمیکنم
• Polish: myślę, że nie
• Portuguese: eu acho que não
• Romanian: nu prea cred
• Russian: не ду́маю (ne dúmaju), вряд ли (ru) (vrjad li), сомнева́юсь (somnevájusʹ)
• Spanish: pienso que no, creo que no
• Swedish: det tror jag inte
• Tagalog: hindi ako sigurado
• Thai: ฉันไม่คิดอย่างนั้น (chăn mâi kít yàang nán)
• Tibetan: please add this translation if you can
• Turkish: sanmıyorum, hiç sanmıyorum
• Vietnamese: tôi không nghĩ vậy
• Welsh: dw i ddim yn meddwl, dw i ddim yn credu

sarcastic

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 別瞎說／别瞎说 (bié xiāshuō), 才怪 (zh) (cáiguài), 豈有此理／岂有此理 (zh) (qǐyǒucǐlǐ)

• Czech: asi těžko, to určitě
• Dutch: ik dacht het niet
• Finnish: enpäs usko
• French: je ne crois pas
• Galician: érache boa
• Georgian: ნუთუ (nutu), ვითომ? (vitom?), მეეჭვება (meeč̣veba)
• Greek: δε νομίζω (de nomízo)
• Hebrew: לא נראה לי
• Hungarian: majd ha fagy, kötve hiszem, nem hinném
• Icelandic: ég held nú síður
• Macedonian: не би рекол m (ne bi rekol), не би рекла f (ne bi rekla)
• Malay: jangan harap
• Maltese: hekk naħseb ukoll
• Polish: no chyba nie
• Portuguese: de jeito nenhum (pt)
• Russian: я так не ду́маю (ja tak ne dúmaju), вряд ли (ru) (vrjad li), сомнева́юсь (somnevájusʹ)
• Spanish: no creo
• Swedish: jag skulle inte tro det
• Turkish: hiç sanmıyorum, sanmıyorum