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Moi, je réfléchis au problème.

Moi, je réfléchis au problème.
Me, I am thinking about the problem.
From Lesson 63:Regular -ir verbs (choisir, finir)·French

Questions & Answers about Moi, je réfléchis au problème.

Why does the sentence start with Moi, je instead of just Je?
Moi is a stress pronoun. In French, it is very common to put it before je to add emphasis. It is like saying "As for me, I am thinking..." or contrasting yourself with someone else (e.g., "You might not care, but I am thinking about it").
What is the rule for the ending on réfléchis?
Réfléchir (to think/reflect) is a regular -ir verb. To form the je (I) version of these verbs in the present tense, you drop the -ir and add -is. This makes je réfléchis.
The translation says "about the", so why doesn't the French sentence use a word for "about"?
In English, we say "think about". But in French, the verb réfléchir is followed by the preposition à (to/at). You just have to memorize that French uses réfléchir à to mean "to think about" or "to reflect on".
Wait, if the preposition is à, where does au come from?
Au is a mandatory combination of two words. Because problème is a masculine noun (le problème), you would naturally get à + le problème. However, in French, à and le always mash together to form the single word au.

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