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Meanings of
first language
in English
Russian
первый язык
Portuguese
língua mãe
Spanish
lengua materna
Catalan
parlant nadiu
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Language a person was raised speaking from birth.
l1
native tongue
maternal language
native language
mother tongue
arterial language
mother language
father tongue
foreign language
Russian
первый язык
Synonyms
Examples for "
l1
"
l1
native tongue
maternal language
native language
mother tongue
Examples for "
l1
"
1
His role at L1 could help overcome certain complications in the UK.
2
Single-agent pembrolizumab is an option in select cases of low positive PD-L1.
3
Tumor PD-L1 protein expression may predict response to drugs targeting this pathway.
4
Tony had ferried two loads of passengers to L1 in record time.
5
The interaction of PD-L1 with clinical antibodies is also affected by glycosylation.
1
Then a warning voice in his ear said in the
native
tongue
:
-
2
He particularly loved to follow those who spoke his
native
tongue
,
Spanish.
3
At the sound of his
native
tongue
his eyes lighted up, and:
4
Her method of dealing with her
native
tongue
came among the latter.
5
Each speaker called it something different in his or her
native
tongue
.
1
Besides, Italian was Juana's
maternal
language
.
1
The services of the church were usually held in the
native
language
.
2
The lead Elite clicked something to his squad in their
native
language
.
3
Adding insult to injury by not using the
native
language
,
Michael thought.
4
They refuse to have a concept of Ireland without its
native
language
.
5
The words were of his
native
language
,
but the malediction was universal.
1
But the American has lost the elementary uses of his
mother
tongue
.
2
Hay Stockard swore, harshly, in the rugged monosyllables of his
mother
tongue
.
3
They understand the Spanish language, but have not forgotten their
mother
tongue
.
4
Russian, German and Hungarian have made French seem like my
mother
tongue
-
5
Dutch meant freedom to him; his
mother
tongue
had become a burden.
1
It is a freeman's speech, this
mother
language
.
2
The Bible never calls God a mother , though the
mother
language
,
as here, is used of Him many times.
3
Pashto is my
mother
language
.
4
He repeats English poetry with great propriety, and speaks the language nearly with the same facility as he does his
mother
language
.
5
One of the challenges was that some of her adult students had never learned to read and write in their
mother
language
,
she said.
1
The
father
tongue
had always seemed universal; even Dorothy spoke without peculiar inflections or special difficulty.
Usage of
first language
in English
1
Today, the
first
language
is English, and the second language is Chinese.
2
Children whose
first
language
isn't English have a hard time getting by.
3
I am a South African citizen, and English is my
first
language
.
4
Being deaf, I communicate in my
first
language
- Irish Sign Language.
5
Phillip switched easily to the French that had been his
first
language
.
6
Many deaf people continue to use English as their
first
language
.
7
English isn't my
first
language
,
but I'm certain I have that part right.
8
It does, however, involve a constant misuse of our
first
language
.
9
TEFL teachers teach English abroad to people whose
first
language
is not English.
10
And it was the
first
language
that I really learned to write in.
11
When we drink from it, we emerge speaking the
first
language
we knew.
12
You think it's funny that English wasn't her
first
language
,
Andy?
13
English may not be their
first
language
,
which can cause problems.
14
Most Darfuri rebels do not speak Arabic as their
first
language
.
15
Fifteen participants had migrated to Australia and English was not their
first
language
.
16
Are you living in a country where English is not the
first
language
?
Other examples for "first language"
Grammar, pronunciation and more
This collocation consists of:
first
language
first
Adjective
Noun
Translations for
first language
Russian
первый язык
родной язык
материнский язык
Portuguese
língua mãe
língua-mãe
falante nativo
língua nativa
língua materna
primeiro idioma
Spanish
lengua materna
l1
lengua nativa
idioma materno
idioma nativo
Catalan
parlant nadiu
llengua materna
primera llengua
First language
through the time
First language
across language varieties
South Africa
Common
Ireland
Common
United States of America
Rare
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