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嘛 and 吗 are both pronounced "ma" and can come at the end of a statement, but give completely different meanings. Perfect your use of 嘛 and sound like a native Mandarin speaker!
in spoken Chinese how to distinguish ma 吗 and 嘛? haha
写的不错,不过,我这里有几个小建议,供你参考:
2.To expect or request
你举的例子都挺“娘“的,一般只有女人这样说话,有点发嗲的感觉。
男人一般只有开玩笑的时候才会这样说话的。
比如:“哎呀,不要这样对我嘛“ 。。。娘死了!写了我都鸡皮疙瘩了
3.嘛 as a topic maker
这里的翻译都不太好,我帮你调整一下:
a. 他嘛,一直都是那样的
Him? He's always been like that.
b. 干活嘛,哪有不累的?
Manual labour? Is there such a thing as non-tiring manual labour? 或
Manual labour? Is there such a thing as easy manual labour?
c. 我说嘛,怎么可能
如果说过:
What did I say? It's not possible 或
I told you so, it's not possible.
如果没说过:
In my opinion, it's not possible 或
If you ask me, it's not possible
Actually 干嘛 is the wrong word. The right one is 干吗. Lots of Chinese people choose to write 干嘛 instead of 干嘛, though.