No. 869 in Dutch
verjaardag
Birthday.
In a sentence
Mijn verjaardag is in mei.
My birthday is in May.
Here, 'verjaardag' refers to the annual day which celebrates someone's birth date, indicating possession with 'mijn' (my).
We gaan naar de verjaardag van mijn vader.
We are going to my father's birthday.
In this usage, 'verjaardag' denotes the event or celebration associated with someone's date of birth, functioning as the object of the preposition 'naar' (to).
Op je verjaardag mag je een wens doen.
On your birthday, you can make a wish.
Here, 'verjaardag' is used in the context of the specific day itself, acting as part of the temporal prepositional phrase 'op je verjaardag' (on your birthday).
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