For example, if I wanted to say:
"I thought it would be difficult." (Didn't attempt it, thought it seemed difficult)
Is there a way to translate this directly to japanese or am I limited to:
「難しいと思った」(Attempted it and thought it was difficult)?
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Sign up to join this communityFor example, if I wanted to say:
"I thought it would be difficult." (Didn't attempt it, thought it seemed difficult)
Is there a way to translate this directly to japanese or am I limited to:
「難しいと思った」(Attempted it and thought it was difficult)?
Yes, we'd normally translate it as:
難しいだろうと思った。 I thought it would be difficult.
Compare:
難しいと思った。 I thought it was difficult.
難しいと思う。 I think it is difficult.
難しいだろうと思う。 I think it will be difficult.
"I thought it seemed difficult."
We'd usually translate it as 「難しそうだと思った。」 Compare:
難しそうだ。 It seems difficult.
難しそうだと思う。 I think it seems difficult.