Birthdays in Chinese
Learn how to talk about birthdays!!!
1. When is your birthday?
Here are 2 ways to ask and answer when is your birthday:
| Q: Your birthday is what month and what day? | A: My birthday is February 3rd. |
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| 你的生日是几月几号？ nǐ de shēng rì shì jǐ yuè jǐ hào? | 我的生日是二月三号。 wǒ de shēng rì shì èr yuè sān hào. |
| Q: What month and day were you born? | A: I was born on December 5th. |
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| 你是几月几号生的？ nǐ shì jǐ yuè jǐ hào shēng de? | 我是十二月五号生的。 wǒ shì shí èr yuè wǔ hào shēng de. |
2. Which year were you born?
| Q: Which year were you born? | A: I was born in 2007. |
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| 你是哪年生的？ nǐ shì nǎ nián shēng de? | 我是二零零七年生的。 wǒ shì èr líng líng qī nián shēng de. |
3. What day of the week is your birthday?
| Q: What day of the week is your birthday? | A: My birthday is on Saturday! |
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| 你的生日是星期几？ nǐ de shēng rì shì xīng qí jǐ? | 我的生日是星期六！ wǒ de shēng rì shì xīng qí liù! |
| Chinese | English |
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| 生日 | birthday |
| 生 | birth |
| 日 | day |
| 哪年 | which year |
| 年 | year |
| 我的生日 | my birthday |
| 我 | me, I |
| 是 | is (acts like an “equals sign”!) |