その外国人はまるで母語のように日本語を話した。

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English Translation

The foreigner spoke Japanese as if it were her mother tongue.

Furigana

その外国人(がいこくじん)はまるで母語(ぼご)のように日本語(にほんご)を話(はな)した。

Romanji

Sono gaikokujin wa marude bogo no yōni nihongo o hanashita.

Words

其の (その)

that (something or someone distant from the speaker, close to the listener; actions of the listener, or ideas expressed or understood by the listener); the; um...; er...; uh...

外国人 (がいこくじん)

foreigner; foreign citizen; foreign national; alien; non-Japanese

は (は)

topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis

丸で (まるで)

quite; entirely; completely; at all; as if; as though; just like

母語 (ぼご)

mother tongue; native language; protolanguage; parent language

の (の)

indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; (at sentence-end, falling tone) indicates a confident conclusion; (at sentence-end) indicates emotional emphasis; (at sentence-end, rising tone) indicates question

様に (ように)

in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that; take care (so as); hoping or wishing for something

日本語 (にほんご、にっぽんご)

Japanese (language); Japanese as a second language

を (を)

indicates direct object of action; indicates subject of causative expression; indicates an area traversed; indicates time (period) over which action takes place; indicates point of departure or separation of action; indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.

話す (はなす)

to talk; to speak; to converse; to chat; to tell; to explain; to narrate; to mention; to describe; to discuss; to speak (a language)