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Hi Kalevi,
Thanks for your suggestion. For sure, both suggestions were helpful.
And your reply contained the selected word "äidinkieli":
"kieltä äidinkielenään puhuva", 'one who speaks the language as her mother tongue'.
Sorry, I made a mistake...
I wanted to select Asta Arminen's answer.
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34 mins confidence: peer agreement (net): +2
syntyperäinen puhuja
Explanation: "syntyperäinen puhuja" is literally "born speaker", or you could say "äidinkieli" (native language)
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Hi Cristina,
I would say "englanti (äidinkieli)" in Finnish.
BR,
Asta
Example sentence(s):
Olen syntyperäinen puhuja. (I am a native speaker.)
Äidinkieleni on suomi. (Finnish is my native language.)
Asta Arminen, MITIA Ireland Local time: 15:59 Meets criteria Works in field Native speaker of: Finnish
Notes to answerer
Asker: Good morning. Also in English you can say: "English (native speaker)" or "English (mothertongue)". I do prefer "English (native speaker)"... What would be the best expression in Finnish to describe your language knowledge? 1. "englantia (äidinkieli); 2. "englantia (syntyperäinen puhuja)" or 3. the Anglicism "englantia (natiivipuhuja)"? ... Thank you again.
Asker: Thank you, Asta. Without knowing the Finnish language, I preferred "englanti (äidinkieli)" for "English (native speaker)", too.
Asker: Olen teille hyvin kiitollinen, Asta Arminen!
46 mins confidence:
kieltä äidinkielenään puhuva
Explanation: 'one who speaks the language as her mother tongue'
Or, context permitting, the direct Anglicism, natiivipuhuja.
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I agree with Asta, "englanti (äidinkieli)" sounds natural and concise.
Kalevi Tirkkonen Finland Local time: 17:59 Does not meet criteria Works in field Native speaker of: Finnish PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
Olen teille hyvin kiitollinen!
Notes to answerer
Asker: Good morning, Kalevi. Also in English you can say: "English (native speaker)" or "English (mothertongue)". I do prefer "English (native speaker)"... What would be the best expression in Finnish to describe your language knowledge? 1. "englantia (äidinkieli); 2. "englantia (syntyperäinen puhuja)" or 3. the Anglicism "englantia (natiivipuhuja)"? ... Thank you again.
Asker: Thank you, Kalevi. Without knowing the Finnish language, I preferred "englanti (äidinkieli)" for "English (native speaker)", too.
The translation workplace 
peer agreement (net): +2
