mother tongue parent language
We were forbidden, under pain of imprisonment, to use our native language.
我们被禁止使用母语,违者将被关进监狱。
—— 柯林斯例句His first language is Welsh.
他的母语是威尔士语。
—— 给力词典精选ESL or English as a Second Language
ESL—非母语英语
—— 给力词典精选He took to French as though it had been his native language.
他觉得法语就像母语一样容易学。
—— 给力词典精选He read a poem in his native language.
他用母语朗读了一首诗。
—— 给力词典精选