41. He had such a good ear for languages that he often greeted customers in their native tongues. 42. He invoked the good will of spirits in his native tongue and in English. 43. He makes his demands in the language of the Little King, a dialect we have been forced to become as fluent in as we are our native tongue. 44. He spoke effusively in his native tongue, leaving his son to translate the words into praise that made Foudy blush. 45. He wrote in Serbo-Croatian and English, translating the authors Louis Bromfield and Somerset Maugham into his native tongue. 46. He stumbled for the words in English, then slipped into his native Afghan tongue and turned to his oldest son. 47. However, the strain of repeated pronunciation is already beginning to erode the purity of the native Unix tongue. 48. His mother speaks no English and his wife speaks no Malayalam, his native tongue. 49. I had decided that, in addition to learning her native tongue, she should be exposed to another language at an early age. 50. I remember the shock I had when I finally read this old analyst in his native tongue. |