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Abdurrahman
What does"mal" mean here
-Ich denke mal
-schauen Sie mal
Jul 25, 2018 11:58 AM
Answers · 3
2
I would like to add that mal makes things more polite. If you only say "Schau!" , "hör zu" "iss" its more like a commando, but if you add mal to an imperative and say, "schau mal" "hör mal zu" "iss mal" then the sentence is less harsh and much more friendly.
July 26, 2018
1
Hi Abdurrahman,
like Ramona already explained it's a filler word but I wouldn't say it's stupid.
It's more like it takes the formality out of all this.
Regards,
Marco
July 26, 2018
1
In this context it means nothing. :) It's a stupid filler word, a bit like well or just.
Well, I think...
Just look at that...
You might as well say
Ich denke...
Schauen Sie...
July 25, 2018
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