Usage examples of "maternelle" in French with translation to English

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Notre langue maternelle est le japonais. Our native language is Japanese.
Ma grand-mère maternelle persiste à porter cette robe démodée. My maternal grandmother persists in wearing that old-fashioned dress.
Son impuissance éveille sa compassion maternelle. His helplessness appeals to her motherly sympathy.
L'espagnol est sa langue maternelle. Spanish is her native language.
Elle parle anglais comme si c'était sa langue maternelle. She speaks English as if she were a native speaker.
Je préférerais n'enrôler des gens que pour traduire dans leur langue maternelle. I would prefer to only hire people to translate into their native language.
Elle ne peut même pas parler sa langue maternelle sans faire de fautes. She can't even speak her native language without making mistakes.
Ce livre est destiné aux étudiants dont le japonais n'est pas la langue maternelle. This book is for students whose native language is not Japanese.
Quelle est votre langue maternelle ? What is your mother tongue?
Ma langue maternelle est l'espagnol. My mother tongue is Spanish.
Le français est sa langue maternelle. French is her mother tongue.
Ma langue maternelle est le japonais. My mother tongue is Japanese.
Le japonais est notre langue maternelle. Japanese is our mother tongue.
L'anglais est ma langue maternelle. English is my mother tongue.
Le français est leur langue maternelle. French is their mother tongue.
L'anglais n'est pas ma langue maternelle. English is not my mother tongue.
L'auteur traduisit le conte dans notre langue maternelle. The author translated the fairy tale into our mother tongue.
Traduire nous aide à mieux connaître notre langue maternelle. Translating helps us to know our mother tongue better.
M. Wright parle japonais comme si c'était sa langue maternelle. Mr Wright speaks Japanese as if it were his mother tongue.
Il a été élevé aux États-Unis mais le japonais est sa langue maternelle. He was raised in the States but his mother tongue is Japanese.
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