"Ο Ιούλιος είναι ο μήνας μου."

Translation: July is my month.

[ZacTheShave]

Does this mean birthday month or something? Or just nonsense to help us learn?

[troll1995]

Could mean my favorite month/the month that suits me (concerning weather, holidays etc) best.

[deactivated user]

Julius Caesar?

[Hank_Williams_Sr]

Why can't I say "The July is my month"?

[Dimitra956826]

Because you can't use a definite article with months of the year in English. :P

[Hank_Williams_Sr]

Gracias

[Merrydholl]

How did you know! ;)

[Dimitra956826]

The green owl always knows. If July is your month, he will know. If your dog drinks beer, he will know. ;D

[Merrydholl]

:-)

[AnCatDubh]

And mine~

And of Alexander the Great, what with me (probably) sharing a birthday with him.

[JanetOlson3]

Ο Ιούλιος είναι ο μήνας του γιούς μου. Did I say that correctly?

[troll1995]

It's correct except for "του γιούς μου". The genitive case is "του γιου" and no accent mark is needed because it is an one-syllable word. (don't be confused by the fact that there are two vowels, the word is pronounced as /ʝɔs/.) So, Ο Ιούλιος είναι ο μήνας του γιου μου. ;)

[JanetOlson3]

Thank you. That's very helpful.

[Daimon-Dave]

What you meant (and later troll1995) answered is: "July is the month of my son", isn't it?

[hishteym]

Why isn't the genitive μήνα being used in this case? Is there some kind of exception for months of the year?

[troll1995]

Μήνας here acts as a predicate. The same way that we say Είμαι άντρας and not είμαι άντρα, we say Ο Ιούλιος είναι μήνας -> Ο Ιούλιος είναι ο μήνας μου. There is no reason for it to be in genitive.

[hishteym]

Thanks so much for the response! This makes perfect sense.

For some reason, I got confused and thought that all possessives were formed using the genitive, but now I see that the genitive is only used for constructions meaning "of the possessor" or "the possessor's noun".

In the case of the "my/your/his/her" construction, it seems that the pronoun is already in the genitive (i.e. μου is a genitive declension of εγώ etc.). Is this correct?

[D_..]

In the case of the "my/your/his/her" construction, it seems that the pronoun is already in the genitive (i.e. μου is a genitive declension of εγώ etc.). Is this correct?

That is indeed correct.

[Eddie_Werewolf]

Ο Ιούνιος είναι ο μήνας μου.