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I have a question for bilingual people. Do you feel like the other languages you speak, apart from your native one, feel more blank? I’m not sure if that’s the right word for it, but I’ll try to explain.
I used to think this was just a lack of practice or skill, but I haven’t noticed any changes over time. There are words in my native language that I find much more difficult to say than in English. The first things that come to mind are apologizing or saying "I love you." If it’s something serious, I find it much harder to express in my native language because those words have stronger associations and emotional connotations in my brain.
I wonder if it’s just me or if there’s an explanation for this.

Winter blue tardis🇧🇬🇭🇺
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@Caoimhe In a way, I feel that, but I also feel the opposite. I also feel like my native language is polite and formal, but not polite and too formal forced-ish like English always saying, please, sorry, love you, etc. It's as if the words, when said not out of habit of politeness or because you have to be formal, but because you mean them have more meaning to them somehow.

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@Caoimhe I get that too as I speak Polish natively