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1 native speaker
(a person who has spoken a particular language ever since he was able to speak at all: I am a native speaker of English; a native Spanish speaker.) sá sem hefur tiltekið mál að móðurmáli -
2 interpret
[in'tə:prit]1) (to translate a speaker's words, while he is speaking, into the language of his hearers: He spoke to the audience in French and she interpreted.) túlka2) (to explain the meaning of: How do you interpret these lines of the poem?) túlka, útskÿra3) (to show or bring out the meaning of (eg a piece of music) in one's performance of it: The sonata was skilfully interpreted by the pianist.) túlka•- interpreter -
3 interpreter
noun (a person who translates the words of a speaker into the language of his hearers.) túlkur -
4 native
['neitiv] 1. adjective1) (where one was born: my native land.) uppruna-, fæðingar-2) (belonging to that place; local: the native customs/art of Brazil; This animal/plant is native to Australia.) móður-3) (belonging by race to a country: a native Englishman.) innfæddur4) (belonging to a person naturally: native intelligence.) meðfæddur, eðlislægur2. noun1) (a person born in a certain place: a native of Scotland; a native of London.) heimamaður2) (one of the original inhabitants of a country eg before the arrival of explorers, immigrants etc: Columbus thought the natives of America were Indians.) frumbyggi•- native language/tongue
- native speaker
- native to
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5 speak
[spi:k]past tense - spoke; verb1) (to say (words) or talk: He can't speak; He spoke a few words to us.) tala2) ((often with to or (American) with) to talk or converse: Can I speak to/with you for a moment?; We spoke for hours about it.) tala/ræða við3) (to (be able to) talk in (a language): She speaks Russian.) tala4) (to tell or make known (one's thoughts, the truth etc): I always speak my mind.) segja (það sem manni finnst)5) (to make a speech, address an audience: The Prime Minister spoke on unemployment.) halda ræðu•- speaker- speaking
- spoken
- - spoken
- generally speaking
- speak for itself/themselves
- speak out
- speak up
- to speak of
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