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Definition and Synonyms for 母語
| 1. | 母語 | 人が幼児期から話してきた言語 |
| Native Language | the language that a person has spoken from earliest childhood | |
| Synonyms: | 母語 | |
| 2. | 母語 | 人の母国語 |
| Maternal Language | one's native language | |
| Synonyms: | 母国語, 母語 | |
| 3. | 母語 | 子供たちによって学習され、ある世代から次の世代へと受け継がれる言語 |
| Maternal Language | the language learned by children and passed from one generation to the next | |
| Synonyms: | 母国語, 母語 |
Categories 母語 is a member of
| 1. | 口先 | 音または慣習的記号を用いたコミュニケーションの体系的な手段 |
| Linguistic Communication | a systematic means of communicating by the use of sounds or conventional symbols | |
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| 2. | 自然言語 | コミュニティによって使われる人間の書面のあるいは話言葉 |
| Tongue | a human written or spoken language used by a community | |
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Sample Sentences for 母語
自分の母語で自然な表現をするのはたやすいが、母語以外の言語ではとかく不自然な表現になりやすい。
It's very easy to sound natural in your own native language, and very easy to sound unnatural in your non-native language.
彼女はフランス語は言うに及ばず母語すらろくに話せない。
She doesn't even speak her own language well, let alone French.
彼が英語を話すのを聞けば、母語話者だと思うだろう。
To hear him speak English, you would take him for a native speaker.
外国語から母語へと翻訳すれば、その逆よりも、間違いを犯す可能性は低くなります。
If you translate from your second language into your own native language, rather than the other way around, you're less likely to make mistakes.
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