Native-tongue Sentence Examples

Laibach is the principal centre of the national Slovenian movement, and it contains a Slovene theatre and several societies for the promotion of science and literature in the native tongue.

He began to read, stumbling over the words after years without reading his native tongue.

Cato was the first historical writer of Rome to use his native tongue.

In addition to his native tongue he could read Latin and understood Greek, but he was unable to write, and Einhard gives an account of his futile efforts to learn this art in later life.

In connexion with his sermons it is worthy of note that by means of them and by his public teaching generally Huss exercised a considerable influence not only on the religious life of his time, but on the literary development of his native tongue.

On the north-west frontier reside about 10,000 Walloons, who speak French or Walloon as their native tongue.

It is spoken nowhere else, though, as has been said, place-names in the Canary Islands and other remains of the aboriginal language there prove it to have been the native tongue.

It was the first time for more than a century that a Swedish king had addressed a Swedish diet from the throne in its native tongue.

Many of the numerous devotional and educational writings of Comenius, - his works number 142, - are also written in his native tongue.

He'd almost forgotten that the word for Oracle in his native tongue also meant soul-reader, the dual nature of a woman whose talent allowed her to see a person's soul and future with a simple touch.

Smiling Maria continued to be a joy at Bird Song and was learning English far quicker than the Deans would ever learn her native tongue.

New Welsh Braille code A new braille code has been developed to allow Welsh speakers to read and write braille in their native tongue.

A long disuse of my native tongue will apologize to the learned reader for any inaccuracies.

This language was called nahuatl, and one who spoke it as his native tongue was called nahuatlacatl, so that modern anthropologists are following native precedent when they use the term Nahua for the whole series of peoples now under consideration.

He became as proficient in Servian as in his native tongue.

To be successful in the world, for a while both English and one's native tongue will be requirements.

These nations will play a substantial role in shaping this new English, as they bring grammatical structure, idioms, and nuanced words from their native tongue.

Her friend, Mr. John Hitz, whose native tongue is German, says that her pronunciation is excellent.

Learning English is the goal, but improving cognitive development within the child's native tongue is also valued.

Even if you butcher the accent or struggle to string a sentence together, the French are generally very responsive to any attempt to speak in their native tongue as they host you in their country.