Definition of 母語 (ぼご)

noun
1.
mother tongue, native language
2.
protolanguage, parent language(linguistics)
Related Kanji
mother
word, speech, language
Example sentences(showing 20 results)

かれ
えい
英語
はな
話す
かれ
えい
英語
母語
ひと
おも
思う
To hear him speak English, you would take him for a native

ほん
ほん
日本語
がい
以外
こと
言葉
母語
がくせい
学生
よう
This book is for students whose native language is not Japanese

She doesn't even speak her own language well, let alone French

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

You cannot learn too much about your own language

Translating helps us to know our mother tongue better

っか
作家
なし
おとぎ話
わた
私達
母語
ほんやく
翻訳
The author translated the fairy tale into our mother tongue

She speaks English as if she were a native speaker

Not all Americans speak English as their mother tongue

かれ
がっしゅうこ
合衆国
そだ
育った
母語
ほん
日本語
He was raised in the States, but his mother tongue is Japanese

She is a native speaker of French

がいこくじん
外国人
母語
ほん
日本語
はな
話した
The foreigner spoke Japanese as if it were her mother tongue

かれ
えい
英語
母語
ひと
えい
英語
はな
話す
He speaks English like a native

ほん
日本語
わた
私たち
母語
Japanese is our mother tongue

わた
私の
母語
ほん
日本語
My mother tongue is Japanese

Spanish is her native language

Spanish is her mother tongue

French is her mother tongue

French is their mother tongue

ジュリア
母語
Julia's native language is Italian