Basic dates: Discussing birthdays

💬 [家裡] can mean both [at home] and [in the family], depending on context. In questions like [你家裡誰…？], it usually means [in your family], not literally inside the house.

💬 [快要] means something is coming soon: [快要下雨了] means [It's about to rain]. You can swap in a verb after it, like [快要放假] for [vacation is coming soon].

💬 [過生日] is the usual way to say [celebrate/have a birthday], not just [birthday passes]. The same [過] also shows up in [過年], [celebrate the New Year].

💬 Chinese often puts the bigger setting first, then the question word: [你家裡誰…？] is literally [in your family, who…?]. You can reuse that pattern with places too, like [你們公司誰會英文？] for [Who at your company speaks English?]

💬 For time words, Chinese usually goes from bigger to smaller: [下個星期] before the event, like [下個星期考試] or [下個星期回台北]. You'll see the same pattern with dates too: [五月十二號].

💬 [要] before a verb often means [going to] or [will], as in [要過生日] or [要下雨了]. It can also mean [want to], so the context tells you whether it's future or desire.

💬 [要 + verb] is a very common way to talk about something upcoming: [要上班], [要出門], [要過生日]. It's often more like [is going to] than a strong English [must].