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I think what has been said is untrue.

Sean: Is this the right place to catch the bus?

Samuel: I don't think so.
(sarcastic) No (used to refuse or decline something proposed).
Go out with you? Huh, I don't think so, sweetheart!

(I think what has been said is untrue): I think not, I suppose not
(strong way to say no): absolutely not, hardly, not in a million years, not on your life, not on your nelly (British), not likely, no way, no way Jose, as if, no chance

I think that what has been said is untrue

Afrikaans: ek dink nie so nie, ek glo dit nie
Albanian: une nuk mendoj kështu, nuk mendoj kështu
Arabic: لا أعتقد ذلك ‎(lā atikidu dhālik)
Chinese:

Cantonese: 我唔係噉諗, 我唔系噉谂 ‎(ngo⁵ m⁴ hai⁶ gam² nam²), 我覺得唔係, 我觉得唔系 ‎(ngo⁵ gok³ dak¹ m⁴ hai⁶), 我唔覺得, 我唔觉得 ‎(ngo⁵ m⁴ gok³ dak¹), 好似唔係, 好似唔系 ‎(hou² ci⁵ m⁴ hai⁶)

Mandarin: 我不這樣認為, 我不这样认为 ‎(wǒ bù zhèyàng rènwéi), 我覺得不是, 我觉得不是 ‎(wǒ juéde bùshì), 我不覺得, 我不觉得 ‎(wǒ bù juéde), 我可不這麼想, 我可不这么想 ‎(wǒ kě bù zhème xiǎng), (as is often said in informal conversation, with subject omitted) 好像不是 ‎(hǎoxiàng bùshì)
Czech:
Danish: det tror jeg ikke
Dutch: ik denk het niet, ik denk van niet
Faroese: tað haldi eg ikki
French: je ne pense pas, je ne crois pas
Galician: coido que non, penso que non, creo que non
Georgian: არა მგონია ‎(ara mgonia), სხვაგვარად ვფიქრობ ‎(sxvagvarad vpikrob)
German: das glaube ich nicht, ich glaube nicht
Greek: δε νομίζω ‎(de nomízo)
Hebrew: אֲנִי לֹא חוֹשֵב כָּכָה m ‎(Ani lo khoshev kakha), אֲנִי לֹא חוֹשֶבֶת כָּכָה ‎(Ani lo khoshevet kakha)
Hindi:
Hungarian: nem hiszem
Icelandic:

Indonesian:
Italian: penso di no, mi sa di no
Japanese: 私はそうは思わない ‎(watashi wa sō wa omowanai)
Jingpho: ngai dai hku n shadu ai, ngai dai hku zawn n nawn ai
Khmer: ខ្ញុំមិនគិតដូច្នេះទេ ‎(kɲom mɨn kɨt doocneh tei)
Kurdish:
Sorani: بڕوا ناکه‌م ‎(birrwa nakem), باوه‌ڕ ناکه‌م ‎(bawerr nakem)
Macedonian:
Maltese: ma naħsibx li hekk
Navajo: dooda shaʼshin
Norwegian: jeg tror ikke det, det tror jeg ikke, jeg tviler
Ojibwe: gaawiin nindinendanzii, gaawiin ganabaj sa naa
Persian:
Polish: myślę że nie
Portuguese: eu acho que não
Romanian: nu prea cred
Russian: не ду́маю ‎(ne dúmaju), вряд ли (ru) ‎(vrjad li), сомнева́юсь ‎(somnevájusʹ)
Spanish: pienso que no, creo que no
Swedish: det tror jag inte
Thai: ฉันไม่คิดอย่างนั้น ‎(chăn mâi kít yàang nán)
Tibetan:
Turkish: sanmıyorum, hiç sanmıyorum
Vietnamese: tôi không nghĩ vậy
Welsh:

sarcastic

Chinese:
Mandarin: 別瞎說, 别瞎说 ‎(bié xiāshuō), 才怪 (zh) ‎(cáiguài), 豈有此理 (zh), 岂有此理 (zh) ‎(qǐyǒucǐlǐ)
Czech: asi těžko
Finnish: enpäs usko
French: je ne crois pas
Greek: δε νομίζω ‎(de nomízo)

Macedonian: не би рекол m ‎(ne bi rékol), не би рекла f ‎(ne bi rékla)
Malay: jangan harap
Maltese: hekk naħseb ukoll
Portuguese: de jeito nenhum (pt)
Russian: я так не ду́маю ‎(ja tak ne dúmaju), вряд ли (ru) ‎(vrjad li), сомнева́юсь ‎(somnevájusʹ)
Swedish: jag skulle inte tro det
Turkish: hiç sanmıyorum, sanmıyorum