My sister is a native english speaker but fluent in french: years ago when she was at high school she won two scholarship trips with only a few weeks at home inbetween, to Noumeà and then to Clermont Ferrand for 6 months. The only english she used when there was emailing us back at home: the emails got more and more basic, until after several months she emailed me to clarify if airport was english for aeroport, or if she had made it (airport) Up, as she just couldn't remember!

Thank you!I lose my English, even tho' that's my "native" language. I end up substituting my mom's family's native language, or whatever language is available to my brain in the moment. It's so frustrating sometimes. My mom's parents would lose their English and revert to one of three or four others for a word or phrase, then back to .... UN translators required at every family gathering!

i once started speaking french to my dog without noticing. He didn't obey me any more

French too and I never found a proper french word for "confusing". Or "small talks". Even "to tease" or "to trigger" translations sounds meh. Not specific enough.

I do this with Dutch and English, I've been talking and playing games etc in English for so long, sometimes I just can't remember certain Dutch words anymore.

I do this way too often (but in Dutch, not in French).

Can totally relate! Native German fluent in English and having basic skills in French. Started learning italian and spent 6 month there to study. By the end of it I was far better in italian than English and German. Now my brain thinks in a mix of the 3 language and I habe to really keep it together when my sister is there to not let italian cross my lips

I have the same. My family laughs because they say that i cannot speak my language anymore.

Same, with German and English

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Or sometimes, a word in 1 language can only be translated by a long sentence to keep the same meaning. I tend to use the sole word rather than the lengthy translation. Like the word "busy", as in "that street is busy", I keep the English word in my French sentence.

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My dad has this with Dutch and English lol

I speak Dutch and English. We call it dinglish!

My boyfriend and I are both native English speakers, but we took a German class together in highschool. Neither of us were very good at it and we still get forget our English sometimes.

Same with me and Swedish...

Yes, my first language is English, but I'm fluent in Spanish and I know a few words in Welsh. It is actually very true.

I am a spanish learner, and sometimes forget my native English and say the Spanish equivalent instead. I think I'll call this a "Palabra olvidante"

Most Parisians can't speak French correctly anyways, and certainly not without botching it with at least a few English words.

My daughter and I are American, but both speak French. More accurately, we speak "Franglish" because we forget vocabulary in both languages.

same thing but the other way around. or there is a french word for something that doesn't have a word in english, or vice versa, so you just don't know how to express what you want to say in one language

Yep. I've always liked languages, so I've accumulated a few over the years, and I can't tell you how many times words have crossed over.

Do you think in French or English ? What about dreaming? English or French?

That’s wild! It’s the complete opposite for me, I still count in my native language, it’s way faster than subconsciously translating so I guess I just revert to how I learned to count.

woosh. that's a pun.

Come now no need for that. We all have trials and I'm sorry for yours. I had to relearn how to walk(not for the first time given I have spinabifida), speak, use the loo, everything really after a coma, intestines half removed etc, 3 years ago, but I don't begrudge anyone who hasn't had to do that: they no doubt have had struggles of their own to deal with. Nb this isn't a pity party, I'm just trying to say that we all take things for granted that others struggle to attain. I'm truly sorry for the awful barrage of medical events you suffered, and applaud your resilience in working hard to recover your language, and I really am being genuine when I say this :)