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Dear Hanghang,
You have raised an interesting question. From my understanding of these two
phrases, I would like to suggest that '以为' implies the speaker's
assumption but usually this assumption is not true to the fact. So I think
for your student's sentence: 我以为与中国年轻人见面是很有意思的 is correct
in one sense if s/he could provide another sentence which is contrary to
his/her assumption eg. 可是我见到的...并不是这样. So usually 以为 is used
to express something has happened already. It is not often used for a
future event.
Whislt 觉得 is used to express a speaker's personal viewpoint or his/hers
feeling. It implies 'think' and 'believe' it could be used for both future
or past events.
I think this can apply to your other sentences:
我觉得应该先跟他商量一下。(Something has not happened and this is your
personal viewpoint)
> 这部电影我以为很有教育意义。(It is contrary to your assumption, probably
you have seen the film)
> 我以为是谁呢，原来是你。 (It is contrary to your expectation, as I am
not expecting to see you but you are here. )
Please let me know if above is incorrect.
Qiao
--On 05 December 2008 11:08 +0000 Hanghang Huang
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> Dear teachers,
>
>
> I'm helping a As student with the essay writing, and I find that he likes
> to use '以为' to express the meaning of 'think' while sometimes I think
> it is better to say '觉得'. For example, in his essay, he wrote that:
>
> 我以为与中国年轻人见面是很有意思的。虽然他们生活在一个完全不同的国家，我?
> 侨从泻芏嘞嗨菩浴?
>
> I suggested him to use '觉得' instead of '以为', because I think the first
> sentence implies some different opinion afterwards, like '..., but they
> turned out to be different from what I thought.'
>
> I checked the Contemporary Chinese Dictionary; both words share the same
> meaning of 'think' '认为':
> 我觉得应该先跟他商量一下。
> 这部电影我以为很有教育意义。
> 我以为是谁呢，原来是你。
>
> I think it is ok to use 觉得 in the second sentence, but it sounds
> unnatural to me to put 以为in the first.
>
> Is my understanding appropriate? Can anyone help me to explain the
> difference between these two to my student?
>
> Thanks a lot!
>
> regards,
>
> Hanghang Huang
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