How to Say ‘My father's birthday’ in Japanese
父のたんじょうび
chichi no tanjou bi
[chee-chee noh tahn-joh bee]
💬 Usage Tip: [父の] means "father's," and [たんじょうび] is "birthday." Nice basic possession pattern.
🇯🇵 In Japan: Using [父] instead of [お父さん] when speaking about your own father to someone else sounds more natural in standard Japanese.
Phrase Breakdown
父
chichi
[chee-chee]
father; my father
Refers to your own father in family context.
父のたんじょうびはなつです。
My father's birthday is in summer.
のたんじょうび
no tanjou bi
birthday of; birthday
Shows possession/association, meaning “father’s birthday.”
父のたんじょうびにプレゼントをあげます。
I will give a present on my father's birthday.
Words in this phrase
の
no
[noh]
's; of
The particle の links nouns and shows possession or relationship.
父のたんじょうびです。
It is my father's birthday.
たんじょう
tanjou
[tahn-joh]
birth
Part of たんじょうび, the word for birthday.
たんじょうのひをいわいます。
We celebrate the day of birth.
び
bi
[bee]
day
び means day here and completes the word たんじょうび, birthday.
たんじょうびはうれしいです。
A birthday is happy.
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