Question: After Eamon and the children have gone to the basement of the farmhouse, Marie makes some exclamation that sounds like Chinese. What is that?
ChiChi
29th Apr 2004
The Bourne Identity (2002)
Chosen answer: The phrase is "Verdammt noch Mal", meaning 'Condemned again.'
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Answer: It is a stronger form of "Darn it", or Damn it". The word "nochmal" here can not be translated literally but merely serves as reinforcement, and does not mean "again". In British English the term "Bloody Hell" hits it most closely.