لماذا يقول المينونات "مرة واحدة": إنها قواعد اللغة الألمانية، وليست لاهوتًا

Mennonites say “once” because of German grammar, not theology. It is a dialect feature, it is several centuries old, and it has nothing to do with religion. What is actually going on The construction is familiar to anyone who has spent time in Pennsylvania Dutch country: Come here once. Hand me that once. Try it once. It comes from German, where mal — a shortened einmal, meaning once — is used constantly as a softener. Komm mal her. The word…