If you learn a complex language like Japanese ?
2007-09-07 13:52:58 · 12 answers · asked by Callie R 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
The only possible way for a person to 'forget' his native language is if he or she lives in a foreign country and speaks that language for so long. If you use English less and less, gradually you might forget some. I doubt you'd forget ALL of it.
2007-09-07 14:52:45 · answer #1 · answered by Herzeleid 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Unless you have a stroke, you are not going to forget how to speak your native language. Also, English is the most complex language with the largest vocabulary. If you have developed a decent grasp of the English language, you can learn any language.
2007-09-07 14:00:16 · answer #2 · answered by bizou_bear 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
We forget english regardless.
But no, learning another language doesn't make you forget your own. Unless you spend the next 40-50 years not using it At All.
2007-09-07 13:59:18 · answer #3 · answered by DanceCat Squiggy 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, I'm a Spanish native speaker, and I'm learning English... and I'm forgetting words in Spanish, so, I read a lot of books in Spanish and that helps, but my vision is to speak a almost-perfect English...
2007-09-07 14:19:23 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
you never really forget your first language but you might accidentally say a word in japanese as a replacement if you like how it sounds.
2007-09-07 13:58:36 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
no. cause i am saudi. so my first language is arabic (and to everyone that's not arabic, arabic is a complex language) so i didn't forget my english, even better, i learned spanish as well.
2007-09-07 14:00:29 · answer #6 · answered by lomatar1186 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no..... it all depends of how you are capable of speaking both languages and if you know how to balance them.
2007-09-07 13:58:46 · answer #7 · answered by mimi 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Did you forget the lesson from "Dances with Wolves"???!!!???
2007-09-07 14:01:06 · answer #8 · answered by rjrmpk 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If someone did, they wouldn't be able to answer this question.
2007-09-07 14:01:13 · answer #9 · answered by runeatsleeprun 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
not if you keep on speaking and writing and hearing it regularly.
2007-09-07 13:58:57 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋