Topic: Italian

"My birthday is in November."

Translation:Il mio compleanno è in novembre.

May 23, 2013

22 Comments

https://www.duolingo.com/profile/CreyB

    The definite article ("il" in this case) is generally used before possessive adjectives, except when referring to a family member in the singular. "il mio compleanno" -- my birthday. mio fratello -- my brother. I miei fratelli -- my brothers

    May 23, 2013
    https://www.duolingo.com/profile/Terhenetar

      I wish I had seen this comment earlier. It just couldn't understand what was going on with those articles. Eventually I found the rule you mentioned in another site (oneworlditaliano btw, it has helped me with grammar). It also said that when the possessive is 'loro' you always put the article -even in singular. So it is: il loro figlio - their son, i loro fratelli - their brothers. I think Duolingo should put a note clearing that out. It would save a lot of time.

      September 20, 2015
      https://www.duolingo.com/profile/iscoscarv
      • 628

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      June 8, 2019
      https://www.duolingo.com/profile/Fatodius

        When is "il" needed in front of "mio"? It seems random to me!

        May 23, 2013
        https://www.duolingo.com/profile/Pxh7

          Why is in used instead of a in this instance? A relevant discussion regarding this said that "a" is used for a definite point in time,while in is more abstract. Is this correct?

          November 20, 2018
          https://www.duolingo.com/profile/grainemhaol
          • 311

          I put 'ed a novembre' (with the accent above the 'e') because of the two vowel sounds. Understood that this could be used at your own discretion, but it wasn't accepted by Duo. Any thoughts please?

          September 13, 2014
          https://www.duolingo.com/profile/KarlYoung2

            È = is, e = and, ed = and (before vowel). Duo let's you skip the accent, but in this case you put "and in November" instead of "is in November"

            December 6, 2014
            https://www.duolingo.com/profile/grainemhaol
            • 311

            Of course! I see that now. Thanks for clarifying that.

            December 7, 2014
            https://www.duolingo.com/profile/V572625694

              Could you also say "Sono di novembre"?

              September 23, 2014
              https://www.duolingo.com/profile/U3ager
              Plus

                I wondered that, as I thought we'd had that expression to translate from Italian in a previous exercise, but it was marked wrong here. Perhaps it means I was born in November rather than my birthday is in November? Perhaps a native speaker of Italian could help?

                February 17, 2019
                https://www.duolingo.com/profile/Donna_Diana

                  Grainemhaol, ed would not be correct here because it means "and." The e in this sentence is actually è which means "is." This doesn't ever have a "d" added to it.

                  November 3, 2014
                  https://www.duolingo.com/profile/halperin45

                    can you say Mi compleanno, vs MIO? what is the difference

                    January 12, 2017
                    https://www.duolingo.com/profile/Mobjack
                    • 405

                    One is trying to be Spanish (mi cumpleaño) and the other is Italian (il mio compleanno). I make this mistake all the time!

                    February 9, 2017
                    https://www.duolingo.com/profile/CaterinaRosina
                    • 33

                    Is it correct to say either "a novembre" or "in november"? If so, would a native speaker of Italian prefer one over the other?

                    June 4, 2017
                    https://www.duolingo.com/profile/costa329631

                      Il cpmpleanno mio è giusto in ogni caso. Si può dire sia il mio compleanno che il compleanno mio

                      July 26, 2017
                      https://www.duolingo.com/profile/LisaMorgan158995
                      • 641

                      The word bank is missing the word "in"

                      August 9, 2018
                      https://www.duolingo.com/profile/Michelle497794
                      • 552

                      Yes mine was missing too... they need to fix

                      August 30, 2018
                      https://www.duolingo.com/profile/miaju

                        Tra/ fra sono simili in italia, ma "tra" è usato più scritto.

                        March 20, 2019
                        https://www.duolingo.com/profile/Janice164122
                        • 256

                        Can this also be 'la mia compleanna' for a female

                        May 13, 2019
                        https://www.duolingo.com/profile/John731588
                        • 2

                        why couldn't you say "La mia compleanno è in novembre" ? Why do we always have to assume the masculine form?

                        June 8, 2019
                        https://www.duolingo.com/profile/iscoscarv
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                        italian/english whatsapp group https://chat.whatsapp.com/BqtW2KC69zFEXUYp1JISZC

                        June 8, 2019
                        https://www.duolingo.com/profile/Dorian25070

                          And yes, my brithday IS in November. Duo, how did you know that?

                          July 5, 2019
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