Translation for "his mother tongue" to german
His mother tongue
Translation examples
Its language seemed to be his mother-tongue.
Die Sprache des Landes schien seine Muttersprache zu sein.
It startled him that she had guessed his mother-tongue.
Er erschrak, weil sie seine Muttersprache erraten hatte.
that he is merely confirming the syntax of his mother tongue.
daß er bloß die Logik seiner Muttersprache bekräftigt.
He spoke in his mother tongue and his voice was barely a whisper.
Er bediente sich seiner Muttersprache, seine Stimme war kaum mehr als ein Flüstern.
I had a bit of trouble understanding his accent, as his mother tongue was Cornish.
Ich hatte ein wenig Mühe, ihn zu verstehen, denn seine Muttersprache war das Cornische.
His English – the father's – was perfectly passable, as I said, but it was clearly not his mother tongue.
Sein Englisch - das seines Vaters - war wie gesagt durchaus passabel, aber es war ganz klar nicht seine Muttersprache.
Marco sat beside the driver. He seemed to be enjoying talking in his mother tongue again.
Marco saß neben dem Fahrer, schien es zu genießen, sich wieder einmal in seiner Muttersprache unterhalten zu können.
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