Hey guys,
I grew up bilingual, my mom spoke german with me and my dad english and I also grew up in the United States. We decided to move to Germany in 2015, without my dad, when I was about 8. I couldn't even speak german that well and was even put in the 2nd grade instead of 3rd because my german wasn't enough for 3rd grade and I was better at english. I can speak german now perfectly though.
I understand english perfectly and I can also communicate with people perfectly in english, but If someone for example my english teacher asks me if I can translate an english sentence in german, I need to think for a bit and sometimes I can't find the right word, but I know exactly what they mean, I just don't know how to say it in german. I speak both german and english, so the reason can't be my vocabulary in German. I speak german everyday. And I have all my electronic devices in english and have some english speaking online friends, so I don't lose my english knowledge.
Does someone know why I understand english fully but can't always find the right words to translate it in german? I feel so stupid in english class being the only American, who also grew up in the U.S., but still being too stupid to find the exact words to translate a sentence from english to german or even german to english. Some students in my class can translate it better than I can. But tbh I also never learn for english class, but I've still always had A+ grades till 10th grade and now I'm in the 11th grade.
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