Native English speakers: How would you answer (naturally) the question: When is your birthday?
The other day I had to answer this questions and, although I know more or less how to do it in a formal way, I had the impression that it didn't sound very natural... I said something like:
- "I was born the eleventh of Decemeber of 1989" (by the way... Should I have ommited the second "of"?)
How would you answer that question in a natural way?
Thanks in advanced!
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Answers · 13
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I would probably just say December 11th and only would respond to the year if they asked specifically.
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When is your birthday: 20th of January.
What is your date of birth: 20th of january, 1993.
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Tengo una opinión bastante diferente. La pregunta "When is your birthday?" solo solicita el mes y día que nació uno. Así que la respuesta natural es, por ej., "April 22." O se puede contestar con una oración completa: "My birthday is April 22.".
Cuando quieren saber la fecha exacta de su nacimiento, la pregunta será, "When were you born?" o "What is your date of birth?" Entonces sí la respuesta incluirá el año. Por ej., "When were you born?" -- "On April 22, 1986." .... "What is your date of birth?" -- "April 22, 1986." (O se puede contestar con una oración completa: "I was born on April 22, 1986."
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In the UK we usually put the day before the month, so what you said sounds fine in British English.
And you're right - you didn't need the 'of' before the year.
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There are many ways - I would probably say "day of month year"
and for day use
first, second, third, fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh --- and so on.
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