Expressing Birthdays in Japanese - Vocabulary and Grammar

A powerpoint describing the complexities in describing your birthday in Japanese

1. MONTH& DATES

2. BIRTHDAY –OTANJYOOBI
おたんじょうび
Q: When is your birthday?
Otanjyoobi wa itsu desu ka.
To answer, let’s learn the months
and dates first.

3. MONTH gatsu がつ 月
Enlish Japanese
January Ichigatsu
February Ni gatsu
March San gatsu
April Shi gatsu
May Gogatsu
June Rokugatsu
July Shichigatsu
August Hachigatsu
September Kyugatsu
October Juugatsu
November Juuichigatsu
December Juunigatsu
1. Write all the months in Kanji e.g. January=一月
2. Now practice telling someone that your birthday is in
which month.
tanjoubiwamonthdesu.
(My) birthday is in month.

4. DATESFORTHEFIRSTTENDAYS
English Japanese
First Tsuitachi
Second Futsuka
Third Mikka
Fourth Yokka
Fifth Itsuka
Sixth Muika
Seventh Nanoka
Eighth Youka
Nineth Kokonoka
Tenth Tooka
After the tenth day:
Number + nichi日
Nichi日=day
Eg. 15
th
–juugonichi
23
rd
-nijuusannichi
Exception:
14
th
–jyuuyokka
20
th
–hatsuka
24
th
-nijuuyokka

5. Now try to put the month and dates together :
Q: Otanjoubiwa itsudesu ka.
Itsu= when
A:My birthday is ____(month) ____(date)
Tanjyoobiwa ____gatsu____nichidesu.
Task: Ask three people in the class when
their birthdays are.
Tanjoubiomedetou= Happy Birthday

6. WRITEDOWNTHEDATESINENGLISHFOR
THEFOLLOWING
1.Ni gatsu yokka
2.Yon gatsu futsuka
3.Roku gatsu juu san nichi
4.Juu gatsu ni juu roku nichi
5.一月三日
6.三月十一日
7.五月二十五日
8.十一月十九日
9.七月三十日