Do you say "I would think" for something you know about?
Could I say "To hear her speak, I think she might be from Tokyo"
to mean the same as "To hear her speak, I would think she is from Tokyo"?
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Thank you, everyone. I am so glad to hear that. :)
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Do you say "I would think" for something you know about?
Could I say "To hear her speak, I think she might be from Tokyo"to mean the same as "To hear her speak, I would think she is from Tokyo"?
There are several ways you could say what you want. In America, there are several ways we use the English language to say something or get our point across. I may have given a lot of information with my sentences below, but I hope you get the point I am making and that it is helpful to you.
To hear her speak, I think she might be from Tokyo".
To hear her speak, I think she maybe from Tokyo".
To hear her speak, she sounds like she is from Tokyo".
After hearing her speak, I would think she was from Tokyo".
When I hear her speak, I would think she was from Tokyo". (was past tense)
When I heard her speak, I thought she might be from Tokyo”. (heard past tense)
When I heard her speak, I thought she sounded like she was from Tokyo”. (heard, sounded, was past tense)
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While I can't tell you exactly why this sounds better, I think it sounds better if you write instead:
"After hearing her speak, I think she might be from Tokyo."
I think you are trying to describe a sequence of events, so, after "A" then "B"
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The first one doesn't sound right with the first part of the sentence "to hear her speak"
As for the difference
"I think she might be from Tokyo" - 彼女は多分東京から来たと思います
"I would think she is from Tokyo " - 彼女は東京から来たかな~
"would" in this use makes the thought you have softer and maybe less certain.
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