Usage examples of "mother tongue" in English with translation to Spanish

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Japanese is our mother tongue. El japonés es nuestra lengua materna.

French is their mother tongue. El francés es su lengua materna.

What is your mother tongue? ¿Cuál es tu lengua materna?

My mother tongue is Spanish. Mi lengua materna es el español.

Spanish is his mother tongue. El español es su lengua materna.

Italian is my mother tongue. El italiano es mi lengua materna.

French is her mother tongue. El francés es su lengua materna.

French is his mother tongue. Su lengua materna es el francés.

My mother tongue is Japanese. Mi lengua materna es el japonés.

Spanish is her mother tongue. El español es su lengua materna.

Finnish is the mother tongue of my children. Finés es la lengua materna de mis hijos.

The author translated the fairy tale into our mother tongue. El autor tradujo el cuento de hadas a nuestra lengua materna.

Foreign accent syndrome is an as-yet unexplained medical condition where the patient can no longer pronounce his mother tongue correctly and seems to have a foreign accent. El síndrome del acento extranjero es una condición médica todavía no aclarada, en la cual el paciente no puede pronunciar su lengua materna correctamente y parece tener un acento extranjero.

Translating helps us to know our mother tongue better. La traducción nos ayuda a conocer mejor nuestra lengua materna.

She speaks five foreign languages, but when she wants to curse she speaks in her mother tongue. Ella habla cinco lenguas extranjeras, pero cuando quiere maldecir habla en su lengua materna.

English is not my mother tongue. El inglés no es mi lengua materna.

Mr Wright speaks Japanese as if it were his mother tongue. El Sr Wright habla japonés como si fuera su lengua materna.

She was raised in the United States of America but her mother tongue is Japanese. Ella creció en los EEUU, pero su lengua materna es el japonés.

Brent is an American, but he speaks Japanese as if it were his mother tongue. Brent es americano, pero habla japonés como si fuera su lengua materna.

Cookie's mother died of cancer. La madre de Cookie murió de cáncer.

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