2007-09-27 05:47:14 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
the example i have is 'hört mal hier'
2007-09-27 06:08:49 · update #1
as to stick with your example
"Hört 'mal her!" 'mal is short for einmal which means literally once. (the apostroph I added shows that "ein" was dropped).
Nevertheless in such phrases it does not really mean once.
It is rather used to to draw more attention - a typical situation where it would be used is e.g. a group of people standing together everyone is chatting and someone wants to tell all of them someting he would say:
"Hört mal her! ........ "
2007-09-27 06:25:34 · answer #1 · answered by Martin S 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Mal= * eg: 5*2
Mal=once Eg Hort mal hier, Listen to me once
2007-09-27 13:13:13 · answer #2 · answered by ahujaish 1 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Time or times. For example "zwei Mal" means two times. Or "zwei mal zwei" means two times two.
2007-09-27 12:56:08 · answer #3 · answered by Chris M 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Martin S is right, it means "once" but not always. In this case it's a way to enforce the sentence in order to gain attention:
"LISTEN - come on - WHAT I'M SAYING"
2007-09-27 14:00:18 · answer #4 · answered by Comodina 3 · 2⤊ 1⤋
mal = time
2007-09-27 12:56:45 · answer #5 · answered by james 1 · 1⤊ 1⤋
A shortened version of einmal which means once.
2007-09-27 12:50:33 · answer #6 · answered by Ginny Jin 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
'times' - ex. achtmal-eight times.
2007-09-27 12:55:39 · answer #7 · answered by Ben F 1 · 2⤊ 1⤋