Why's it called 'mother tongue'? 6 Minute English https://video.pavel-english.ru/videos/watch/3813e85e-a232-459e-83cc-a4ac512fdf40 Improve your English listening and vocabulary with BBC Learning English! 'Mother tongue' is an interesting English expression. Like many languages, English has a number of gender-specific terms that donโ€™t refer to gender-specific ideas and concepts. And this complicated relationship between language and gender is what Sam and Georgina are talking about in this programme. You'll find audio and text for download on our website: http://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/features/6-minute-english/ep-191031 ๐Œ๐จ๐ซ๐ž ๐ž๐ฉ๐ข๐ฌ๐จ๐๐ž๐ฌ: Is tourism harmful? https://youtu.be/UhR-Bn4UII0 Does your name start with the wrong letter? https://youtu.be/NLj72KSNZoo Are you good at complaining? https://youtu.be/0VPwGqiWT04 Can you spot a lie? https://youtu.be/91liS87P9CY ๐•๐จ๐œ๐š๐›๐ฎ๐ฅ๐š๐ซ๐ฒ: ๐ฉ๐ซ๐ข๐ฆ๐š๐ซ๐ฒ ๐œ๐š๐ซ๐ž๐ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ the person most responsible for looking after someone ๐ฉ๐จ๐ข๐ง๐ญ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐จ๐ซ๐ข๐ ๐ข๐ง the place or time where something begins or comes from ๐ฆ๐ž๐ญ๐š๐ฉ๐ก๐จ๐ซ a way to describe something by saying that it is something else with similar qualities ๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ๐œ๐ž๐ข๐ฏ๐ž to understand something to be true, to think of something in a particular way ๐ฉ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ ๐ข๐จ๐ฎ๐ฌ important, respected ๐š ๐๐ข๐ฌ๐ฉ๐š๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ a difference, an inequality [Cover: Getty Images] #BBCLearningEnglish #6MinuteEnglish #LearnEnglish Thu, 09 Jul 2026 04:24:46 GMT https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html PeerTube - https://video.pavel-english.ru Why's it called 'mother tongue'? 6 Minute English https://video.pavel-english.ru/client/assets/images/icons/icon-96x96.png https://video.pavel-english.ru/videos/watch/3813e85e-a232-459e-83cc-a4ac512fdf40 All rights reserved, unless otherwise specified in the terms specified at https://video.pavel-english.ru/about and potential licenses granted by each content's rightholder.