to think that

Plain form plus と思う expresses the speaker's opinion or guess. For a third person's thoughts use と思っている, since you can only report a state you observe. The clause before と must be in the plain form.

Examples

• 明日あすは雨あめが降ふると思おもいます。

  Ashita wa ame ga furu to omoimasu.

  I think it will rain tomorrow.

• この映画えいがは面白おもしろいと思おもいませんか。

  Kono eiga wa omoshiroi to omoimasen ka.

  Do you not think this movie is interesting?

Vocabulary in these examples

• 明日 tomorrow
• 雨 rain
• 降る to fall (rain, snow)
• 思う to think, to feel
• この this (+ noun)
• 映画 movie

Related patterns · Quotation and embedded questions

• 〜と言う to say that (quotation)
• 〜という（名前） called, named
• 〜かどうか whether or not
• 疑問詞＋〜か embedded question (who, what, when ... )