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When making a statement like:

> I thought I had gone to the cinema.

Do you say:

> 映画館{えいがかん}に行った{いった}と思いました{おもいました}。

or:

> 映画館{えいがかん}に行った{いった}か思いました{おもいました}。

And how does it work with other verbs that are not like thinking, considering,
saying? Which one am I supposed to use then?
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grammar particle-と particle-か subordinate-clauses
「か」 or 「と」 as a subordinate clause?
To say "think that (some sentence here)", 思う always takes the quotative
particle, と. So 映画館に行ったか思いました is ungrammatical.

The following two sentences are grammatical:

>   * 映画館に行ったと思いました。  
>  I thought (someone) went to the cinema.
>   * 映画館に行ったかと思いました。  
>  I thought (someone) perhaps went to the cinema. / I wondered if (someone)
> went to the cinema.
>

The か in the latter sentence is a question marker, which in this case
introduces some uncertainty to the sentence.
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