How to Say ‘My mother's birthday is in May.’ in German
Meine Mutter hat im Mai Geburtstag.
MY-nuh MOOT-ter haht im my guh-BOORTS-tahk
[MY-nuh MOOT-ter haht im my guh-BOORTS-tahk]
💬 Usage Tip: [im] is a common contraction of [in dem]. For months, German normally uses this short form: [im Mai], [im August], [im Juli].
Phrase Breakdown
Meine Mutter
MY-nuh MOOT-ter
my mother
Subject of the sentence.
Meine Mutter kocht gern.
My mother likes to cook.
Words in this phrase
Meine
[MY-nuh]
my
Possessive word meaning belonging to me, used with feminine nouns.
Meine Freundin kommt später.
My friend is coming later.
Mutter
[MOOT-ter]
mother
Female parent.
Meine Mutter liest gern.
My mother likes reading.
hat
[haht]
has
Form of haben used with singular subjects like sie or er.
Mein Vater hat heute Zeit.
My father has time today.
Im Mai Geburtstag
im my guh-BOORTS-tahk
in May, birthday
Time expression with 'im' plus month; indicates when the birthday is.
Ich habe im Mai Urlaub.
I have vacation in May.
Words in this phrase
im
[im]
in the
Contracted form used in time expressions such as months and seasons.
im Winter ist es kalt.
In winter it is cold.
Mai
[my]
May
Name of the month May.
Mai ist ein schöner Monat.
May is a beautiful month.
Geburtstag
[guh-BOORTS-tahk]
birthday
A birthday; in German you usually say someone has a birthday.
Geburtstag feiert man oft mit Kuchen.
People often celebrate birthdays with cake.
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