mark my words

English

(idiomatic) Listen to me; used before or after a statement one wishes to emphasize, especially a prediction.
- 1847 January – 1848 July, William Makepeace Thackeray, chapter XL, in Vanity Fair […], London: Bradbury and Evans […], published 1848, →OCLC:
  Mrs. Bowls cautioned her lodger against venturing into the lion's den, "wherein you will rue it, Miss B., mark my words, and as sure as my name is Bowls."

Though grammatically, mark my words is structured as a command (that is, as a clause in the imperative mood), that is not its true function in discourse.

listen to me

Arabic: سَجِّل كَلِمَاتِي m (sajjil kalimātī), سَجِّلِي كَلِمَاتِي f (sajjilī kalimātī)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 記住我的話／记住我的话 (jìzhu wǒ de huà), 聽我說／听我说 (tīng wǒ shuō)
Finnish: sano minun sanoneen sg, sanokaa minun sanoneen (plural, say that I've said it)
German: please add this translation if you can
Polish: zapamiętaj moje słowa (memorize my words)
Russian: попо́мните мои́ слова́ (popómnite moí slová) (plural or formal), попо́мни мои́ слова́ (popómni moí slová) (singular informal)
Spanish: please add this translation if you can
Swedish: sanna mina ord
Turkish: dediklerimi bir kenara yaz

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