Examples of using "Носители" in a sentence and their english translations:
"Granite" is often mispronounced by natives.
Even native speakers of a language don't know all of its words.
- It's grammatically correct, but a native would never say that.
- It's grammatically correct, but a native would never say it like that.
- It's grammatically correct, but a native speaker would never say that.
- It's grammatically correct, but a native speaker would never say it like that.
Many foreign language students dream of speaking like a native.
Grammatically, it's correct, but native speakers wouldn't say something like that.
All the English teachers at my son's school are native speakers.
- It's grammatically correct, but native speakers wouldn't say that.
- Grammatically, it's correct, but native speakers wouldn't say something like that.
Many native speakers of Japanese have trouble hearing the difference between B and V.
- It's grammatically correct, but native speakers wouldn't say that.
- Grammatically, it's correct, but native speakers wouldn't say something like that.
Native speakers know the rules of their language, but only unconsciously. The linguist's task is to extract those rules and describe them explicitly.
If you want to sound like a native speaker, listen to native speakers whenever possible.
English mother-tongue speakers are embarrassed to correctly pronounce the name of the German philosopher Kant, which is a homophone for a vulgar expression referring to the female genitals.
You may not learn to speak as well as a native speaker, but you should be able to speak well enough that native speakers will understand what you have to say.
The more countries a language is spoken in, the less important it is to sound like a native speaker, since speakers of that language are accustomed to hearing various dialects.
When exactly is a language considered endangered? When its speakers cease to use it, use it in fewer and fewer domains, use fewer of its speaking styles, or stop passing it on to the next generation.
That's just my way of saying things, dude. It always puzzles me that non-native speakers think they can decide if shit sounds natural or weird unless, of course, it has evident grammatical errors or the wording is fucked up.