Benim ana dilim İspanyolca'dır.
- My mother tongue is Spanish.
Fransızca, onun ana dilidir.
- French is her mother tongue.
Tek dilli Tom Ana dilinizde düşünmeyin dedi.
- Don't think in your native tongue, said the monolingual Tom.
Goriller konuşmak için dudaklarını ve dillerini kullanamazlar ama insanlarla başka yollarla iletişim kurabilirler.
- Gorillas cannot use their lips and tongues to speak, but they can communicate with people in other ways.
Onun gözündeki bakışına göre onun şaka yollu konuştuğunu söyleyebilirdim.
- By the look in his eye I could tell that he was speaking tongue in cheek.
Brent bir Amerikalı, ama o sanki onun ana diliymiş gibi Japonca konuşuyor.
- Brent is an American, but he speaks Japanese as if it were his mother tongue.
He was speaking in his native tongue.
Ouch! I bit my tongue!
- Ouch! I bit my tongue.
It is on the tip of my tongue.
- It's on the tip of my tongue.