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Shouldn't it be Я иду и думаю if the answer is I am walking and thinking? If it's хожу maybe "I walk and think" would be better?
иду is used for going to a place while хожу is used for generic use as "I am walking." or when you do not specify a destination. хожу is also used when you "go" to the place regularly or when you go to a place and then come back. I may not be right though.
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Wouldn't you need to be going somewhere specific for the verb to be иду? I think what's important in this sentence is that he's doing both walking and thinking at the same time, not what destination he has in mind.
Right, we are waiting an explanation why how we combine infinitive and normal verbs with и
I saw something about this verb хожу being used for things that you usually do (more likely a habit)... Is that correct?
Гулять is more like a leisurely stroll (on a beach, in the park, around the city), it is more specific than ходить which is the multidirectional verb for walking or going somewhere.
If "хожу" is used without direction (to where), it means "I'm walking (around)". If it's used with specific direction, it means "I go"
For example:
Я ча́сто туда́ хожу́. = I often go there. Ребёнок уже́ хо́дит. Я хожу́. = The baby already walks. I am walking (around).
Hope that helped!
They are two separate actions. "I am walking and I am thinking", basically.
I translated this as "I go and think" and was a bit surprised to see that it was considered incorrect. Are there any good rules of thumb as to when "хожу" (and the other present tense forms for "ходить") should be translated as "go" and when it should be translated as "walk?"
If "хожу" is used without direction (to where), it means "I'm walking (around)". If it's used with specific direction, it means "I go"
For example:
Я ча́сто туда́ хожу́. = I often go there. Ребёнок уже́ хо́дит. Я хожу́. = The baby already walks. I am walking (around).
Hope that helped!
