想 and 覺得

[sinologinja]

hi

can anybody please tell me what's the difference between 想 and 覺得?

when do you use which one?:mrgreen:

thank you

[glock]

Sometimes they are interchangable like

我觉得那样做比较好。

我想那样做比较好。So each means ”to believe,to think“

But

我觉得有一点不舒服。 is commonly used; "means to feel"(感觉）

whereas 我想有一点不舒服。 (I've never heard sth like this)

Also

You can say 我想你了，(means to miss sb)

but 我觉得你了 (不行）

Also

when u say 我想去北京 is ok, （to want to do sth)

but cant say 我觉得去北京。

to sum up

Both have different meanings and they are just interchangable when their meanings are 认为。

I guess! I am not a native speaker!

Edited January 31, 2009 at 09:58 AM by glock

[sinologinja]

thanks for your help:D

[jr57733]

想 has two meanings:

one is "think", e.g. I think he is right.(我想他是对的) ．

the other is "want to", e.g I want to go to Shanghai. (我想去上海).

if 想 express the "think" meaning, it equals to "觉得". e.g. 我觉得他是对的　＝　我想他是对的。