Hello everyone! Today we are going to learn an interesting word: tongue. Tongue means the part inside your mouth that helps you taste food and speak. Look at this picture - can you see the tongue inside the mouth? The word tongue is pronounced as tʌŋ, and in Chinese it means 舌头.
The word tongue has several common meanings. First, tongue refers to the body part in your mouth that helps you taste and speak. Second, tongue can mean language, like when we say mother tongue, which means your first language. Third, tongue can refer to the flap on a shoe that covers the laces. Let's look at these three different meanings with pictures.
Now let's learn some common phrases with the word tongue. Mother tongue means your first language, the language you learned from your mother. Tongue twister is a phrase that is difficult to say quickly. Bite your tongue means to stop yourself from saying something. On the tip of my tongue means you almost remember something but can't quite say it.
Let's practice with some simple sentences using the word tongue. First sentence: I can taste with my tongue. This shows how we use our tongue to taste food like ice cream. Second sentence: English is my mother tongue. This means English is my first language. Third sentence: This is a tongue twister. Tongue twisters are fun phrases that are hard to say quickly because the words sound similar.