Vocabulary

母語

mother tongue; native language

noun

Example sentences

He speaks English like a native.

To hear him speak English, you would take him for a native.

Japanese is our mother tongue.

My mother tongue is Japanese.

Brent is an American, but he speaks Japanese as if it were his mother tongue.

French is her mother tongue.

The foreigner spoke Japanese as if it were her mother tongue.

Not all Americans speak English as their mother tongue.