"Pensiamoci bene!"

Translation: Let's think hard about it!

[Viaggiatore]

Ci can be taken as "about it". So "Let's think hard about it."

[Shirin-Rose]

Is there any way to differentiate between that usage of "ci" and when it means "us"?

[Viaggiatore]

Not automatically, but "let's think ourselves" doesn't make sense.

[cjhuang]

I had thought perhaps one could interpret this as "Let's think well of each other"? (Since this unit is so full of "Chiamiamoci una coppia" and "Pensiamoci ogni sera"-esque examples...)

[Shirin-Rose]

That's exactly what I thought it meant. Sure, it sounds a bit weird, but it does follow the pattern of all the other examples!

[cjhuang]

I didn't even think it that odd, given all the relationship-driven sentences in the course. My imagination just jumped to assume it was something one might say upon an amicable break-up or some cinematically tragi-romantic separation à la Casablanca .....

[valerieheath]

Put me in that camp. Let's think well of each other.

[mangoHero1]

I thought the same, I thought it meant Let's think well of ourselves, and it counted it wrong.

[Michaela143747]

That was my interpretation, also. Let's think well of each other. Not in any way an odd or unusual sentence.

[mrule]

In this lesson so far I've seen two sentences where [infinitive]ci translates to "let us [verb] [of/between] ourselves" suggesting that "let us think well of ourselves/eachother" would be a reasonable translation.

[Catia9]

Oh good, I'm glad you think this too! And "let's think well of ourselves" does make sense, in some contexts. eg. "I know we haven't managed to completely house-train our puppy yet, but let's think well of ourselves, he is mostly doing it outside!" (relevant to my family at the moment!)

[Rafforza]

It doesn't, but neither do most reflexive sentences when literally translated

[swampsparrow]

Once again I'm confused about "ci" and "ne".

[xyphax]

My favorite link:

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=vvAip0RqN1A&feature=youtu.be

[swampsparrow]

Grazie!

[SusanRankin1]

Eccellente! Grazie. Ti do un lingo

[4sambini]

thanks for the link--very good indeed

[PAS617154]

Grazie! Here's a lingot

[Bunny2013]

I thought "bene" meant "good", not "hard".

[tom_vincenzo]

It means 'well', and 'think hard' is an English idiom for 'think well'

[jgbachand]

or "well"

[benczurp]

Do we need any of them at all? I have found many translation on the web with just "let us think about it". Of course I know that the web is never a perfect source of such information...

[EliavLavi]

Why "pensiamoci" and not "pensiamo" in this case?

[Rydey]

in another version of this, pensiamoci does indeed mean "let's think about each other"... I've just done that question, so this is a bit unfair - you really wouldn't be able to know the difference just because of "bene" being there. Surely it could also mean let's think hard about each other!!

[Aicandyrockstar]

"Let's think carefully" is how i would naturally say this. It implies that you should stop to give something some "good thought." Anyone one else feeling like this is a good translation?

[tonidapillipi]

I agree with many of you. "We think well of each other" seems just as valid a translation. I expect that context would enable an Italian speaker to understand in the most relevant way.

[aaaaadammmmm]

"Ci pensiamo" is in the indicative mood, i.e. a statement: "We think about it / each other". If you swap them round, it's an imperative: "Pensiamoci" would be "Let's think about it / each other"

[Francesco817465]

I have thought hard about it and have decided that this section on imperatives just doesn't work. The DL method is great for some things, nouns, adjectives, adverbs, verbs (sometimes) etc but not this.

[antomol]

bene= hard ????

[agusnina]

what is to think "hard"?

[epac-mcl]

To "think hard" means to apply your power of thought as much as you can, deeply and concentrated.

[Caterinabella]

Even if "bene" is idiom for "think hard", could one also say "forte"? Pensiamoci forte? Or "Lo pensiamoci forte"?

[IoSonoAmandaM]

I'm assuming that this is also a big colloquial, yes? Can any Italians out there verify?

[WilliamM.G]

If you flip idioms on us, then explain them first instead of slamming us with x after x.

[Alex-Italian]

Could it also be translated with: Lets think good about it? (Not according to DL)

[James_1986]

Where is the word hard?

Swear DL is justing messing me around, why is the imperative so confusing compared to every other aspect of learning Italian. Do we even have imperative in English? Never heard of the imperative until I started learning Italian.

[PatrickKeo7]

Of course English has imperative voice... Jump! Answer me! Tell me your name. Think about it!

[divaluisa]

Let's think well of ourselves???? Me too

[secretgardener]

I know this is off the topic--but in the same unit I see listed, but never get asked about (they do tend to repeat the same sentences containing the same vocabulary words, and leave others out entirely, when you go back to re-do lessons)--"Pensiamola" and cannot find it on the web, while, with that word, the silly google-translate-tool----won't.

[deactivated user]

That's because it's actually two words Pensiamo + la La refers here to what we think about (although there's no context, which is annoying). We think about it. Then with the addition of "bene" and an idiomatic translation: We think hard about it.

[Boblutz3]

reverso contexto defined pensiamola

[Nathan173901]

pensiamoci - let's think about it

pensiamolo - let's think of it [masculine object]

pensiamola - let's think of it [feminine object]

[gene10111]

earlie it was written: pensiamoci ogni sera - let's think about each other every evening. So, "Pensiamoci" = let's think about each other = Let's think about it ?

[Val361271]

This is the second time there has not been any sound with this one .

[lotsasnow]

that is not the answer that is given as correct

[Keith352848]

"Lo pensiamo bene..."??? Would that remove the confusion?

[sbarbour]

if bene means hard, could you say Let's think hard about us? another relationship interpretation, or am i just misusing an idiom?

[HolgerDssi]

Is the pronunciation of "pensiamoci" correct here? The Duolingo lady's voice says: "pensia'MOci", but the (only) entry on Forvo is a male voice saying: "pensiAmoci". Is this a regional dialect, a matter of contextual stress, or is it simply an error?

(Side note: On Sardinia they didn't understand me when I asked for the "MEnu" the way Duolingo taught me; I fared much better when I asked for the "meNÙ", which is also the pronunciation used on Memrise and all current entries on Forvo.)

[ronaldsantoro243]

I used "let's think well of each other". Even though the hints said it was a good meaning, DL said it wasn't . What's up?

[James_1986]

Why is 'Let's think about each other hard' not accepted, I thought the 'ci' ending means 'each other' or 'ourselves' and that the 'la' ending means 'it', why is this the only sentence I came across where this doesn't hold true?

[Satyanaray217508]

"let's think about it well" why isn't this more appropriate

[RonRGB]

The imperative (l'imperativo) is used to give orders, advice, and exhortations.

imperativo presente (pensàre) = present imperative (to think)

pènsa [non pensàre] (tu) .......... think [don't think] (you informal)

pènsi (egli) .......... think (you formal)

pensiàmo (noi) .......... let's think

pensàte (voi) .......... think (you informal, plural)

pènsino (essi) .......... think (you formal, plural)

[MichaelASm314026]

Is this an idiom/expression? Since when does "bene" mean "hard"?

[LuisAngulo953934]

Let's think twice about it?
Is it possible?

[divaluisa]

It is strange to use "bene" for hard. Why not "Let's think well of each other" Hard=duro, NO? Pensiamoci duro. Let's think hard about it. ????

[sbarbour]

what about let's think hard about us?

[Jose484167]

I thought "Pensiamoci duro." Would mean "Let's think hard about it!"

[Michaela143747]

Would "Think well of each other" be a valid translation? If not, how would you say "think well of each other" in Italian?

[MartinJeffree]

in another example DL translated pensiamoci as let's think about each other. Shouldn't this sentence therefore be let's think well of each other rather than about it - which should surely be pensiamolo??

[Angie922492]

Where is the word for hard?

[epac-mcl]

It's contextual, and quite legal.

https://mymemory.translated.net/en/Italian/English/pensiamoci

[Leslie168401]

Could this be pensiamola bene?

[WhiteChristine]

im confused about when 'ci' means 'it' or 'ourselves'

[WhiteChristine]

Im confused about when 'ci' means 'it', as in this case, or 'ourselves' as in 'chiamoci'

[ChrissyCurbPL]

But isn't "ci" the pronoun for "us"? Why not use "lo" instead? Anyone?

[ChrissyCurbPL]

There is so much controversy in our world right now and I sought out comfort in a new language to distract me from all of it. I guess I made the wrong choice choosing Italian.

[gutaho]

Try spanish, it is so much easier, especially when you understand italian. Good luck.

[Bernadette692317]

Really? Cannot make any sense of this. Where does "hard" enter into it?

[AOLIj]

how do you get hard out of bene???

[Jack421610]

Could it just be translated as "Let's think about it?" I am not sure how the word "hard" fits in here.

[Nathan173901]

Pensiamoci! - Let's think about it!

Pensiamoci bene! - Let's think hard [literally "well"] about it!

[alessio_khay]

Pensiamola bene?

[Johanna681827]

I really don't understand where the "hard" comes from

[Nathan173901]

It's an idiom. In English you say "to think hard", in Italian pensare bene (literally "to think well").