The mother-tongue

“Why do they call the language we speak our mother-tongue?” asked the son.

“Because fathers so seldom get a chance to use it,” replied his dad.

Vocabulary Help

• call – chamar
• dad – pai
• father – pai
• gets a chance – tem uma chance
• mother-tongue – lingua mãe, lingua nativa
• reply – responder
• seldom – raramente
• son – filho