More often than not her exasperated and slightly pained expression could only hint at the atrocities I had committed upon her native tongue. |
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If his native tongue did not qualify him to join his compatriots in singing the anthem, his body language was fluent enough. |
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Very few conlangers have mastered their languages in the way one masters a native tongue. |
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Use of a constructed language which is not anyone's native tongue places people more equally. |
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English gravelled him to death, because he had not the command of English that he had of his native tongue. |
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The dialect is the Amish native tongue and should not be confused with the Dutch language of the Netherlands. |
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They speak both their native tongue, Sundanese, and the Indonesian national language. |
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Like many Krautrock bands, Manta Ray effectively fluctuates between singing in English and in their native tongue, Spanish. |
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Some linguists have expressed concern that learning a foreign language too early may impact unfavourably on learners' native tongue acquisition. |
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Because Azerbaijan is a former Soviet Republic, most people older than 20 speak both the native tongue, Azeri, and Russian. |
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About 7 or 8 percent also speak an Amerindian language as their native tongue. |
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It is used by more people than any other language, mostly as a second language, not a native tongue. |
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None of the inhabitants spoke French as a native tongue, and few understood it. |
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The drive has to come from the students who choose to speak their native tongue instead of a language that everyone understands. |
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They sit on the rim of the back of the truck, laughing and joking in their native tongue of Tzotzil while holding on for dear life. |
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For patients who do not speak or understand the native tongue, the problems are multiplied tenfold. |
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It is the native tongue of the Creoles, blacks who came from Jamaica and other islands colonized by the British. |
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The language of the missions was Guarani and the Jesuits fostered a degree of literacy in the native tongue. |
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Recent statistics show an increase in the number of students interested in studying their native tongue. |
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Immigrants who do not speak official languages probably have difficulty finding jobs with employers who do not speak their native tongue. |
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Edwards picked up this ball on the first bounce and said that his native tongue was Welsh, but that he, too, had had to learn English. |
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Brought up by an Italian father and a French mother, he was taken to France at an early age and grew up speaking his mother's native tongue. |
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Brazil's native tongue is a strange and flowery language, similar to, but distinct from Spanish, and vital to learn if you're going to get by. |
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Thus, whenever I speak in my native tongue it becomes an act of resistance. |
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The language is important both as a form of communication and as a tradition for those groups whose native tongue it is. |
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Again, the results are likely largely due to many immigrants being tested in a language other than their native tongue. |
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Many still spoke Breton, a Celtic language, as their native tongue. |
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She readily learned to speak Kiowa and soon forgot her native tongue. |
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I am perfectly at ease expressing myself in my native tongue, even though I am of Irish descent. |
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In addition, it was the only nation in which death penalty proceedings were conducted in a language different from the people's native tongue. |
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Since then, the Welsh have been able to write to the European Council, and receive a written response, in their native tongue. |
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German speaking children are also able to study at a primary school in the Czech Republic in their native tongue. |
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Of course, finding work can be hard when you're not proficient in the native tongue. |
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The generation that speaks the language of technology as its native tongue is the one that will realize the potential of what we are talking about. |
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It was not until the reign of Henry IV that English became the native tongue of the kings of England. |
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Singing in Bassa, his native tongue and one of 260 languages still spoken in Cameroon, Bassy charmed all with his miniature telecaster, onesie and pitch-shifted vocals. |
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He still could not help us in any way. Not speaking English he started to gesticulate eagerly and explain in his native tongue, which, of course, did not give us any idea of in what direction to go and what transport to take. |
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The men's native tongue was Pashtun, according to defence officials. |
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But it was a borrowed English, not my native tongue. |
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People say I should learn my native tongue, as well. |
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It's like that – but better, because it's my native tongue. |
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Pursuant to this article, a local governor is in charge of creating an environment for minority children to study their native tongue and their cultural heritages. |
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A brilliant writer and poet, the follower of the tradition of Pushkin, condemned to homelessness, he found his place of merit in foreign cultures and even gave up his native tongue as a means of self-expression. |
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Apart from studying the grammar of our native tongue students are also acquainted with the unique characteristics of various areas of life of people living in Bohemia, Moravia and Silesia. |
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Apart from Spanish, her native tongue, Dr. Fernández de Gurmendi has an excellent command of both working languages of the Court, English and French. |
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Indeed, what sense would it make if official language minorities were allowed to use their native tongue while working in federal institutions but were prevented from doing so in their own community? |
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One of the advantages of living abroad is the fact that it is easier to socialise and meet people, especially one's compatriots, who enjoy having a talk in their native tongue. |
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For much of the population, Friuliano is the native tongue. |
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Once again the guffaws and pure glee of ceramists were infectious as they heard their native tongue being subversively twisted into a witty tale. |
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The officer continued in his native tongue of Swiss German and issued the on-the-spot fine accordingly. |
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Only a mere 20 million people or so currently speak the North Germanic languages as their native tongue. |
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Conrad, who was noted by his Polish acquaintances to be fluent in his native tongue, participated in their impassioned political discussions. |
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Usually a language is translated from a foreign tongue into a translator's native tongue. |
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Mostly originating from German settlers who immigrated during this time, 25,000 to 30,000 people still speak German as a native tongue today. |
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In these regions, English is not the native tongue, but serves as a useful lingua franca between ethnic and language groups. |
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Mr Peters stated that Welsh-speaking children will thank no-one for the time and effort they spent learning it and would regurgitate their native tongue. |
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And being an ironist means, in this context, never having a native tongue. |
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In 2010, each language was the native tongue of roughly half of the city's population, although minor but substantial numbers speak other varieties as well. |
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