No. 2,041 in Korean
생일이
"생일이" means "birthday is" in English.
In a sentence
제 생일이 오늘이에요.
My birthday is today.
The word '생일이' is used to indicate possession with '-이' as the subject marker for the word '생일' (birthday), denoting that the birthday belongs to the speaker.
친구의 생일이 언제인가요?
When is your friend's birthday?
Here, '생일이' refers to 'a birthday' and '이' identifies it as the subject of the sentence.
내일은 우리 아버지 생일이세요.
Tomorrow is our father's birthday.
In this context, '생일이' again functions as the subject to specify the father's birthday.
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