Ni means we.
Esperanto personal pronouns are very regular:
So Ni same pensas... starts with We...
Because pensas is a conjugated verb, while pensi is the infinitive.
In Esperanto:
So:
Since the subject is ni (we), you need the finite verb form:
A useful point for English speakers: the verb ending does not change depending on the subject.
It is always -as for the present tense.
Yes. Same is an adverb here.
The idea is We think the same way about the film or We think similarly about the film.
In Esperanto, adverbs usually end in -e. So:
Because it modifies the verb pensas (think), the adverb form is used:
Not with the same structure.
So:
In your sentence, the point is about how we think, so same fits naturally.
Because pensi pri means to think about.
In Esperanto, many verbs commonly go with a certain preposition, just as in English. Here:
So:
And with same added:
Because after a preposition like pri, Esperanto normally does not use the accusative -n.
Here, la filmo is the object of the preposition pri:
You would use -n for a direct object, but this is not a direct object of pensas. The phrase is built with the preposition pri instead.
Compare:
But:
La is the definite article, meaning the.
So:
The sentence refers to a specific film already known from context, so la is used.
Esperanto has only one article:
There is no separate word for a/an. So filmo can mean a film or simply film, depending on context.
Filmo means film or movie.
The ending -o marks a noun in Esperanto.
This is one of the most important patterns in the language:
So from the same root, you might see:
In your sentence, filmo is a noun, so it ends in -o.
Yes, you could say Ni pensas same pri la filmo, and it would still be understandable and natural.
Esperanto word order is fairly flexible because the grammar is shown clearly by endings and prepositions.
These are all understandable:
Both mean roughly We think the same way about the film.
The version with same before pensas may feel a little more focused on the sameness itself, but the difference is small.
It means we have the same opinion or we think similarly about the film, not merely that both of us are thinking about it.
That is the role of same.
Compare:
So the sentence is about agreement in opinion, not just shared attention.
Yes. That would be another natural way to express a very similar idea.
The second version is a bit more explicit because it mentions opinion directly.
Notice one grammar point there:
Not always.
In a sentence like this, English usually sounds more natural with expressions like:
A very literal translation with same may sound a little stiff in English, even though the Esperanto is perfectly normal.
So when learning, it helps to distinguish:
Here, same is best understood as alike or in the same way.