make me understand the below phrase

07:03 May 16, 2009
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Hindi term or phrase: make me understand the below phrase
what is the possibl eenglish of
mujhe laga tumhari wife bhi doctor hain...........
means what should we use with past tense like
i thought your wife is a doctor too
or
i thought your wife was a doctor too
please explain grammatically
seema_balhara
Local time: 18:22


Summary of answers provided
5 +1I presumed your wife is a doctor as well
Chinmayi Sripada
5I assumed that your wife is a doctor too.
punam


  

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5 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +1
I presumed your wife is a doctor as well


Explanation:
As far as I have been taught, we do not use past tense as you specified

Chinmayi Sripada
Local time: 18:22
Native speaker of: English
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Narendra Upadhyaya (X): We can also write, I guessed, your wife is a doctor as well. I fail to understand explanation provided by Ms Chinmayi, about not learning Past Tense.
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2 days 4 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
I assumed that your wife is a doctor too.


Explanation:
here both oast and present tense are used.
you can use presume instead of asuumed.

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Note added at 3 days1 hr (2009-05-19 08:27:09 GMT)
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please read oast as past.

punam
Local time: 12:52
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Native speaker of: Native in GujaratiGujarati
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