were dead
Dissero che pensavano che fossi morto.
They said they thought I was dead.
Vorrei che fossi morto tu al posto del tuo fratellino.
I wish you had died instead of your little brother.
— Tumbbad (2018)
Tom deve avere pensato che fossi morto.
Tom must have thought I was dead.
Ho stabilito con tua madre di lasciarti credere che fossi morto.
I agreed with your mother to let you believe I was dead.
— Amores perros (2000)
Hanno detto che pensavano che fossi morto.
They said they thought I was dead.