Illustration: In a family kitchen, a toddler sitting safely in a high chair enthusiastically joins the conversation between a parent and grandparent.

JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

母ぼ語ご

bogo

native language

Example sentences

  1. 母語ぼごはフランス語ごです。

    My native language is French.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 私わたしの母語ぼごは日本語にほんごです。

    My mother tongue is Japanese.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. フランス語ごは私わたしの母語ぼごじゃないよ。

    French isn’t my mother tongue.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

Kanji in 母語

  • 母motherOnボKunはは・も
  • 語word; speechOnゴKunかたる・かたらう

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