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嘛ma, usually at the end of sentence, or short phrase.
1 Modal particle to mean “it is obviously”. exampl:
不会不要紧,边干边学嘛。
(búhuì bùyàojǐn bian ɡān bian xué ma )
Its doesn’t matter if you know nothing about it, you can learn while you do.
你想去你就去嘛。
(nǐ xiǎnɡ qù nǐ jiù qù ma.)
If you like to go just go!
2 after a short phrase, pause function, means to attact people’s attention to the next phrase about coming out. example.
我嘛,就不去了。
(wǒ ma jiù búqù le. )
and me, I won’t be there.
休假嘛,就是要好好玩。
(xiūjiǎ ma jiùshì yàohǎo hǎowán.)
Its holiday, should be fun!
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