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Topic: Spanish

"Yo pienso lo mismo que usted."

Translation:I think the same thing as you.

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5 years ago

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https://www.duolingo.com/SonomaCarolina
SonomaCarolina
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Why is it "lo mismo" and not "el mismo"?

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Reply1•5 years ago
https://www.duolingo.com/k3nd0
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"El mismo" = the same, "lo mismo" = the same thing.

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Reply•5 years ago
https://www.duolingo.com/swingophelia
swingophelia
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How does "lo mismo" compare with using "la misma cosa"?

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Reply•4 years ago
https://www.duolingo.com/k3nd0
k3nd0
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One is neuter and one is feminine. Also, "lo mismo" is more like "the same (it)." It has many more uses other than for "thing." Spanish doesn't really use impersonal pronouns as much as English so it could mean many things depending on context.

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Reply•4 years ago
https://www.duolingo.com/ohhhlive
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Yo pienso lo mismo que usted, haha, what's "lo"? I've only seen this word once before in "Lo siento", and still have no idea what it means. So it's a pronoun? Anyone could explain it? ;)

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Reply•5 years ago
https://www.duolingo.com/Iago
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In "lo siento" it means "it", just like in "lo quiero". Lo siento is an apology that literally means "I feel it." Lo lamento is an even sorrier one :)

Here, lo takes the place that would often hold el, because mismo is not a noun but an adjective, "lo mismo" can basically be translated to "the thing that is/that which is the same"

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Reply•5 years ago
https://www.duolingo.com/rationalfreak
rationalfreak
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Could you say "Yo pienso lo mismo como usted?" thanks!

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Reply•5 years ago
https://www.duolingo.com/WeekzGod
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Curious about this as well. o_o

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Reply•4 years ago
https://www.duolingo.com/belalablou
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Same here. Does anyone know?

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Reply•2 years ago
https://www.duolingo.com/loesner
loesner
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we think alike is the sense of the sentence,. Sometimes you want the sense and other times you demand literal translation. How can we know what the mood is a any given time?

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Reply1•5 years ago
https://www.duolingo.com/theartoflogic
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How would you differentiate between wanting to say "I think the same as you" as in we have the same mindset, and "I think the same thing as you" as in a single thought we had was the same?

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Reply•5 years ago
https://www.duolingo.com/rspreng
rspreng
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"pensamiento" is the noun, "thought" I am pretty sure you could just substitute "el mismo pensamiento" for "lo mismo" after "pienso" in the given sentence.

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Reply•5 years ago
https://www.duolingo.com/Iago
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Perhaps you could also say "Pienso en la manera misma que ud" to mean, like, "I think in the same way as you"

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Reply•5 years ago
https://www.duolingo.com/razmoumtaz
razmoumtaz
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i think like you is correct! I think like you do is also correct.

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Reply•5 years ago
https://www.duolingo.com/PeteBer
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I don't understand why 'I'm thinking' for 'pienso' is considered wrong. It sounds more natural than 'I think' here.

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Reply•4 years ago
https://www.duolingo.com/Gigavark
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"I'm thinking" = "I am thinking" which would be, " "Estoy piensando"

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Reply•3 years ago
https://www.duolingo.com/atntony
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UNFAIR;. there should be 'typos' allowed, i.e. peinso, pienso.

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Reply•4 years ago
https://www.duolingo.com/Amitwa
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how abt - i think OF the same thing as you???

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Reply•4 years ago
https://www.duolingo.com/RolfLutz
RolfLutz
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I think the same thing you : is that real english?

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Reply•4 years ago
https://www.duolingo.com/johnkachuba
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Why isn't "I think the same as you" the correct translation. The word for "thing" ("cosa") does not appear in the sentence.

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Reply•4 years ago
https://www.duolingo.com/sckbowman
sckbowman
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I agree with you is a correct translation just not word for word.

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Reply•4 years ago
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