Did not think (polite) in Japanese 🇯🇵

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did not think (polite)	おもいませんでした

How to say “did not think (polite)” in Japanese? “おもいませんでした”. Here you will learn how to pronounce “おもいませんでした” correctly and in the comments below you will be able to get all sorts of advice on did not think (polite) in Japanese like tips & tricks to remember it, questions, explanations and more.

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Tips to remember the Japanese word:
1. "おもいません" (omoimasen) is the negative polite form of "思う" (おもう, omou) which means "to think."
2. "おもいませんでした" (omoimasen dea) becomes past tense by adding "でした" (dea) to the negative form.
3. Associating "おもう" (omou) with "to think" and remembering the pattern of negative and past-tense endings can help.

Explanations:
"おもいませんでした" (omoimasen dea) is a polite way to say "did not think" in Japanese. It's the negative past tense form of "思う" (おもう, omou).

Other words that mean the same thing:
1. 考えませんでした (かんがえませんでした, kangaemasen dea) – did not consider/think (in the sense of pondering deeply).

Conjugations:
– Infinitive (dictionary form): 思う (おもう, omou) – to think
– Negative: 思わない (おもわない, omowanai) – do not think
– Polite present: 思います (おもいます, omoimasu) – think
– Polite negative: 思いません (おもいません, omoimasen) – do not think
– Past: 思った (おもった, omotta) – thought
– Polite past: 思いました (おもいました, omoimaa) – thought
– Negative past: 思わなかった (おもわなかった, omowanakatta) – did not think
– Polite negative past: 思いませんでした (おもいませんでした, omoimasen dea) – did not think
– Future (same as present): 思う (おもう, omou) – will think

Examples of sentences that use it:
1. そのことについてはおもいませんでした。
(そのことについてはおもいませんでした, Sono koto ni tsuite wa omoimasen dea)
I did not think about that matter.

2. 彼が来るとはおもいませんでした。
(かれがくるとはおもいませんでした, Kare ga kuru to wa omoimasen dea)
I did not think he would come.

3. こんなことになるとはおもいませんでした。
(こんなことになるとはおもいませんでした, Konna koto ni naru to wa omoimasen dea)
I did not think it would turn out like this.

4. テストがこんなに難しいとはおもいませんでした。
(テストがこんなにむずかしいとはおもいませんでした, Tesuto ga konna ni muzukashii to wa omoimasen dea)
I did not think the test would be this difficult.

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