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Was bedeutet '' nun rate mal , ... '' auf English ? Was bedeutet '' nun rate mal , ... '' auf English ?
Oct 7, 2015 8:46 AM
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Was bedeutet '' nun rate mal , ... '' auf English ?

 

I would say it literally means "have a guess" but its meaning is more like "you have no idea...".

 

In my point of view, "nun rate mal" is used as a rethorical instrument to pose a question and raise your opponent's interest in the conversation. For example:

 

Nun rate mal, wenn ich eben gerade gesehen habe?

 

It literally means, "have a guess who I have just seen" but its actual meaning is more like, "you have no idea who I have just seen" (implying that the other person doesn't know who you have just seen).

 

Hope that helps. But please note that I am only a native speaker and not an expert in German language ;)

October 7, 2015
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