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Eu penso muito.

Eu penso muito.
I think a lot.
From Lesson 46:The verb to want (querer)·Portuguese (Portugal)

Breakdown of Eu penso muito.

eu
I
muito
much / very
pensar
to think

Questions & Answers about Eu penso muito.

Why is 'Eu' included if the verb ending already tells us who is speaking?
In Portuguese, you can usually drop the subject pronoun. Saying Penso muito is perfectly natural because the -o ending already means 'I'. Keeping Eu just adds a little extra emphasis to the sentence.
How would I use the skills from this lesson to change this to 'I want to think a lot'?
You would use the 'I' form of the verb 'to want', which is quero, followed by the dictionary form (infinitive) of the verb 'to think', which is pensar. The new sentence becomes: Eu quero pensar muito.
Sometimes I see 'muita' or 'muitos'. Why is it just 'muito' here?
In this sentence, muito is describing an action (how much you think), which makes it an adverb. Adverbs never change their shape. You only change it to match gender and amount (muita, muitos, etc.) when it describes a noun, like in muita sopa (a lot of soup).

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