"The pilot thinks the rain is going to delay us."

Translation: Le pilote pense que la pluie va nous retarder.

[ClaudineMile]

Why not la pilote?

[NicolaKoh1]

"la pilote" works with "pense", but the exercise doesn't accept "crois" or "trouve" for reasons only dieu sait

[Mom304893]

Why use penser and not croire

[mesterbig]

Why not 'nous va retarder'

[NicolaKoh1]

because "retarder" is the verb that actually impacts "nous" so you have to keep those two together. The "va" is an auxiliary verb; think of it as more like a tense, roughly synonymous with future

[NicolaKoh1]

"Le pilote crois que la pluie va nous retarder" not accepted ?

[linguistkitten]

The verb conjugation for croire should be "croit". "Crois" is for je and tu.