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
