'ma" at the end of a sentence?

[woliveri]

Seems my son uses this a lot only for like a rhyme or something.. I also catch my wife using it and the Advance pod casts at Chinesepod.

Can anyone add to this? It's not a word like horse, scolding, etc and it's not there for a question particle.

It's seems it's there just to rhyme out the sentence.

Anyone catch this before?

Thanks,

[SiMaKe]

It might be the modal particle ma / 嘛 which according to nciku 1) indicates that something is obvious, 2) expresses a hope or gives advice or 3) is used to form a pause in a sentence, calling listener's attention

[Chris333]

Is it "nàme" (那么) you're hearing? I hear this all the time.

[gougou]

Is it "nàme" (那么) you're hearing? I hear this all the time

Also at the end of sentences?

[Chris333]

Also at the end of sentences?

No- I typically hear it as a pause. SiMaKe's post made me think of it.

[roddy]

It'll be 嘛. Either used to imply that something was obvious and probably didn't need to be stated, or to be a bit persuasive and whiny. If you're hearing it from wife and child they're probably using it to turn 'Please' into 'Pleeeeeaaase . . . '