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Meanings of
native tongue
in inglés
The first language learnt; the language one grew up with.
first language
mother language
mother tongue
native language
Sinónimos
Examples for "
first language
"
first language
mother language
mother tongue
native language
Examples for "
first language
"
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
.
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
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
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.
Usage of
native tongue
in inglés
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
.
6
Awakened by the sound of his
native
tongue
,
he recognized me immediately.
7
But Asako only knew a few set phrases of her
native
tongue
.
8
Phone phreaks speak English; it's their
native
tongue
even if they're Germans.
9
He can hold a philosophical discussion with Sartre in his
native
tongue
.
10
He spoke neither the Bushmen's
native
tongue
,
!
Kabee
,
nor their adopted one, Afrikaans.
11
The soldier turned on the mic and spoke in his
native
tongue
.
12
What if your computer could translate the newspaper into your
native
tongue
?
13
It is your
native
tongue
,
but I can recount what Niall told-
14
The instruction in both institutions had been almost wholly in the
native
tongue
.
15
As the two were climbing in, Giovanni spoke rapidly in his
native
tongue
.
16
He spoke once more in the
native
tongue
,
this time softly and earnestly.
Other examples for "native tongue"
Grammar, pronunciation and more
This collocation consists of:
native
tongue
native
Adjective
Noun
Native tongue
through the time
Native tongue
across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
Ireland
Common
United States of America
Common