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Meaning of native speaker | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

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A person who grew up with a particular spoken language as their mother tongue.

Equivalents

Afrikaans moedertaalspreker

العربية نَاطِق أَصْلِيّ

Azərbaycanca dil daşıyıcısı

বাংলা আহলে জবান

Čeština rodilý mluvčí

Cymraeg siaradwr brodorol

Dansk modersmålstalende

Deutsch Muttersprachige Muttersprachiger Muttersprachler Muttersprachlerin native speaker Native Speaker (Duden)

Esperanto denaskulo

Español hablante nativo nativo

Français locuteur natif locutrice native

Gaeilge cainteoir dúchais

Gàidhlig fileantach

Galego falante nativa falante nativo

ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi mānaleo

Հայերեն լեզվակիր

Bahasa Indonesia penutur asli penutur jati

Italiano madrelingua

日本語ネイティブネイティブスピーカーネイティブ話者母語話者

한국어 모국어 사용자 원어민

Nederlands moedertaalspreekster moedertaalspreker

Polski native speaker native speakerka rodzima użytkowniczka języka rodzimy użytkownik języka

Português falante nativa falante nativo

Română vorbitor nativ

Русский носитель языка носи́тельница языка́

ไทย เจ้าของภาษา

Examples

“Native speakers of English get paid much more than locals in the schools.”

“The differences between acceptable constructions like "Have you a book on modern music?" and unacceptable ones like "Read you a book on modern music?" need no Chomskyan signposts for a native speaker[.]”

“In the past, secondary classrooms have perhaps been seen as largely native speaker environments, but this is certainly no longer the case and secondary teachers are fully aware they need pedagogies and materials that support the different language backgrounds and proficiencies of contemporary classrooms.”

CEFR level

Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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