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1 native language/tongue
noun My native language is Spanish, but I also speak English and German.) materni jezik -
2 native
['neitiv] 1. adjective1) (where one was born: my native land.) rojsten2) (belonging to that place; local: the native customs/art of Brazil; This animal/plant is native to Australia.) biti doma; domač3) (belonging by race to a country: a native Englishman.) po rodu4) (belonging to a person naturally: native intelligence.) prirojen2. noun1) (a person born in a certain place: a native of Scotland; a native of London.) domačin2) (one of the original inhabitants of a country eg before the arrival of explorers, immigrants etc: Columbus thought the natives of America were Indians.) domorodec•- native language/tongue
- native speaker
- native to
- the Nativity* * *I [néitiv]adjective ( natively adverb)rojsten; domač, domačinski, domovinski; prirojen; izviren, prvoten; naraven (to komu); čist (kovina)II [néitiv]noundomačin, rojak, domorodec (of); v Avstraliji rojen Britanec; botany zoology domača rastlina ali žival; umetno gojena ostriga -
3 tongue
1) (the fleshy organ inside the mouth, used in tasting, swallowing, speaking etc: The doctor looked at her tongue.) jezik2) (the tongue of an animal used as food.) jezik3) (something with the same shape as a tongue: a tongue of flame.) jezik4) (a language: English is his mother-tongue / native tongue; a foreign tongue.) jezik* * *[tʌŋ]1.nounjezik; figuratively človeški govor, jezik, veščina govora; način, spretnost izražanja; figuratively (zemeljski) rt; jezik plamena; jeziček (pri tehtnici); jezik pri čevlju; kembelj (zvona); ustnik (pihala); technical tračnica, kretnicafurred (coated) tongue — medicine obložen jezika fluent tongue, a sharp tongue — dobro namazan, odrezav jezika long tongue, a sharp tongue — dolg, oster jeziktongue in cheek figuratively ironičnoslanderous tongue — zlobni jeziki, obrekovalcigift of tongues — dar, talent za jezikeon the tip of one's tongue — na konici jezika, na jezikuhe is all tongue — on samo govoriči, njega je samo govorjenje, brbljanjehis tongue is too long for his teeth — on je preveč jezikav, on preveč jezikato give tongue — glasno govoriti, vpitito have a long tongue — imeti dolg jezik, biti čenčavhe has too much tongue — kar ima na srcu, ima na jezikuhold your tongue! — drži jezik za zobmi! jezik za zobe!to speak with one's tongue in one's cheek — govoriti ironično (posmehljivo, neiskreno, hinavsko)to wag one's tongue — neprestano brbljati, žlabudrati;2.transitive verbdotakniti se, polizati z jezikom; colloquially ozmerjati, ošteti; intransitive verb klepetati, jezik vrteti -
4 mother-tongue
noun (a person's native language: My mother-tongue is Hindi.) materinščina* * *[mʌðətʌŋ]nounmaterinščina; linguistics prvotni jezik, prajezik
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