Sentence examples for first language about from inspiring English sources
The phrase "first language about" is not correct and does not convey a clear meaning in written English.
It may be intended to discuss a topic related to a first language, but the phrasing is awkward and unclear.
Example: "The first language about which I am most passionate is Spanish."
Alternatives: "first language regarding" or "first language concerning".
More than two-thirds of the populace speak Estonian as a first language; about an additional one-fourth speak Russian as their first language (mostly in the northeast), though few Estonians over age 60 or under age 20 speak the language.
It is a point made so often that it has almost passed into cliche but to hear Mats Hummels, for example, talk at length post-match in his second language about how German players deal with pressure and criticism is to realise just how far England's have to go.
Dressed in what might well be her pyjamas, a loose grey T-shirt and baggy trousers with birds printed on them, she seems tired, but maybe that's just the effect of talking in a second language about something in which you've invested a lot of yourself.
It's the preferred first language of about 70,000 deaf people in the UK and is used by many more.
More than two-thirds of the population of Zimbabwe speak Shona as their first language, while about one out of five speak Ndebele.
English is the second language for about half.
But speaking a second language is about much, much more than simply knowing vocabulary and grammatical structures; it can actually change the way you view the world.
Telugu is the first language spoken by about 80 million people in India and is the local language in Hyderabad, where this study was conducted.
The home territories of the Hausa people lie on both sides of the border between Niger, where about one-half of the population speaks Hausa as a first language, and Nigeria, where about one-fifth of the population speaks it as a first language.
Many deaf children arrive at school with the task of learning a first language rather than learning about the world through already developed language".
I also picked up the Portuguese word for Indian thanks to how often the owner would switch to his first language to make offensive comments about his Indigenous customers.
