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Alfredo
What are the meanings of nun mal and nun ja?
Nov 3, 2013 3:17 PM
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"So ist es nun mal" has the meaning "That's the way it is"
"Nun ja" can mean that the speaker is uncertain about what to answer to a question. For example: "My car has a scratch! How could this happen?" "Nun ja, da war dieser LKW ..." and in English "Well, there was this truck ..."
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Lorenz
November 4, 2013
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