1·The French feel passionately about their native tongue.
法国人非常热爱他们的母语。
—— 《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
2·Her lapse into German didn't seem peculiar. After all, it was her native tongue.
她开始说德语并不奇怪,毕竟那是她的母语。
—— 《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
3·Like it or not, English has become the international language of communication. While more people speak Mandarin as a native tongue, English is the language most used as a second language.
不管你是否愿意,英语已经成为用于交流的一种国际语言,当更多的人以普通话为母语时,英语则成为使用最多的第二语言。
4·Spanish is my native tongue.
西班牙语是我的母语。
5·A four-day-old baby can distinguish the speech patterns of its native tongue from a foreign language.
一个出生仅四天的婴儿就能分清母语和外语的讲话模式。