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Ajatella versus Luulla (sopuli.xyz)
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Ajatella = "to think" (in general, consciously)

Luulla = "to think", but with the meaning of believing something to be true (perhaps mistakenly)

Is it correct assumption?

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[–] JohnSmith@sopuli.xyz 2 points 2 days ago

I’d probably translate ‘luulla’ to English as ‘to suspect’ rather than ‘to think’, but that does depend a bit on the context. To use an example from other comments, ‘luulen että kohta sataa’ would be ’I suspect it’ll rain soon’.