How to Say ‘My mother's birthday’ in Japanese
母のたんじょうび
haha no tanjou bi
[hah-hah noh tan-joh bee]
💬 Usage Tip: [母] + [の] + [たんじょうび] = "my mother's birthday." Nice example of possession.
🇯🇵 In Japan: When speaking humbly about your own family in Japanese, plain family terms like [母] and [父] are common.
Phrase Breakdown
母
haha
[hah-hah]
mother; my mother
母 is a humble or neutral way to refer to one's own mother when speaking to others.
母のりょうりがすきです。
I like my mother's cooking.
のたんじょうび
no tanjou bi
birthday of; birthday
Shows that the birthday belongs to or is associated with the previous noun: “mother’s birthday.”
母のたんじょうびをおいわいします。
We celebrate my mother's birthday.
Words in this phrase
の
no
[noh]
of
の links nouns and often shows possession or connection, like 'of' or apostrophe s in English.
母のほんです。
It is my mother's book.
たんじょう
tanjou
[tan-joh]
birth
たんじょう means birth or coming into the world, and it forms part of birthday.
たんじょうをみんなでいわいます。
Everyone celebrates the birth.
び
bi
[bee]
day
び means day in compounds and completes the word たんじょうび.
びをまちます。
We wait for the day.
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