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Definition and Synonyms for ネイティブ
| 1. | 原住民 | その地域に最初から住んでいる人 |
| Aborigine | an indigenous person who was born in a particular place | |
| Synonyms: | ネイティブ, 先住民, 原住民, 土人, 土民 |
Categories ネイティブ is a member of
| 1. | 個人 | 一人の人間 |
| Individual | a human being | |
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Sample Sentences for ネイティブ
ネイティブスピーカーに一度も師事することなく大学を卒業できた外国語教師がいるなんて、嘆かわしいことだと思う。
I think it's a shame that some foreign language teachers were able to graduate from college without ever having studied with a native speaker.
英語のネイティブスピーカーが習得するのに一番簡単な外国語は何だと思いますか？
Which foreign language do you think is the easiest for native English speakers to learn?
「英語圏の人は英語産業で不当に儲けてると思わない？ 僕は日本人なんだから、日本人だけで作った教材を使いたい」「でもさ、ネイティブチェックされてないと本当にいい英語かどうか分かんないじゃん」「いい英語って何だよ。ネイティブの使う英語がいい英語？ ネイティブってそんなに偉いのかよ？」
"Don't you think that people from English-speaking countries earn an unreasonable amount from the English language industry? Since I'm Japanese, I'd like to use materials exclusively made by Japanese people." "But you know, you can't really tell if the English is good or not unless it's been checked by a native speaker." "What do you mean by good English!? English used by native speakers? Are natives really that great, anyway?"
「約束するよ！」と言いたい時に、「Ｙｏｕ ｈａｖｅ ｍｙ ｗｏｒｄ」と言えば、よりネイティブっぽくなります。
When you want to say "I promise", if you say "koko ni chikaimasu" you'll sound more like a native.
大人になるまでの間に身につけなかった言語について、ネイティブスピーカーのレベルに達することは難しい。
If a person has not had a chance to acquire his target language by the time he's an adult, he's unlikely to be able to reach native speaker level in that language.
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