Is it possible, to forget your native language?
Now I'm trying to prepair to my english exam, that's why I work hard enough to forget my native language... but is it possible? I'm a russian native speaker. I speak russian very well, of course, but sometimes I can't remember some words or I dodn't know meaning of these words... AM I FORGETTING RUSSIAN LANGUAGE?! I'm scared of this because I love my language. Should I stop to learn english so hard?
P.S.: There are probably many mistakes, I'm sorry....
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first, as an answer: yes! it is a common occurrence for bilingual speakers. Wanting to say a word and your brain providing only the english (or whatever other language) for it, or using idiomatic expressions that don't make sense in the other. It doesn't mean you're going to lose your ability in russian. If you have a test, keep studying for it. That something like this is happening is a good signal in a sense. But when you keep progressing, read more in russian and practice so you keep both languages in good condition
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