What's the difference between these 2 sentences:
買ってくると思った
買ってこようと思った
Both of them translates to 'I thought that I'd go and buy'
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買ってくると思った。 I understood that someone went shopping and I thought he would buy it but He didn't.
買ってこようと思った。 'I thought that I'd go and buy' For example. 買ってこようと思ったのに、忘れた。 I thought that I'd go and buy、 but I forgot about it. その話を聞いて、今度買ってこようと思った。 After I had the conversation, I decided to buy it.
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The way you've written it it sounds like the difference is between third person and first person usage. That isn't correct.– user36788Feb 29, 2020 at 8:40
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That isn't correct.<- Oh? But if we native speakers heard you say 買ってくると思った out of the blue, we'd interpret it as "I thought you/s/he/someone would go and buy", and if we heard 買ってこようと思った out of the blue, we'd interpret it as "I was going to / I thought I would go and buy."– chocolate ♦Feb 29, 2020 at 11:38 -
Really? I think I have heard hear native speakers saying this form regarding their own actions.– user36788Mar 1, 2020 at 0:58
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2^ 動詞によるような気がしますね。例えば「８時ごろに帰ると思う」って言ったら "I think I'll come back..." でも "I think s/he will come back..." でもありえますし。（「8時ごろに帰ろうと思う」だったら "I will try to..." みたいな感じ）– chocolate ♦Mar 1, 2020 at 3:13
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2@Ben You can apply it to your own action in subjunctive. However, you can't use it to express your intention.– user4092Mar 1, 2020 at 5:08