non ci avevo mai pensato

I had never thought about it

→ non

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I had never thought about it Used to say that something had never occurred to you before a particular point in the past. The pronoun “ci” refers to the subject being thought about.

IT: Quando me l'hai spiegato, non ci avevo mai pensato.

EN: When you explained it to me, I had never thought about it.

In realtà non ci avevo mai pensato.

Actually, I’d never thought about it.

Non ci avevo mai pensato.

I had never thought about that.

— Effetto notte (1973)

Io non ci avevo mai pensato.

I had never thought about it.

— La leggenda del pianista sull'oceano (1998)

Ok, non ci avevo mai pensato.

Okay, I’d never thought of that.

— The Long Walk - Se ti fermi muori (2025)