Learn Spanish (Latin America): ¡Feliz cumpleaños! Hoy es tu fiesta.

¡Feliz cumpleaños! Hoy es tu fiesta.

Happy birthday! Today is your party.

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The current lesson is about using Que for wishes. Why doesn't ¡Feliz cumpleaños! start with Que?

Because there is no verb! Que is used to trigger a subjunctive verb for a wish, like ¡Que tengas un feliz cumpleaños! (May you have a happy birthday!). For simple phrases that are just an adjective and a noun, you drop the Que and just say them directly.

Why does cumpleaños end in an s if we are talking about a single birthday?

Cumpleaños is a compound word made from cumple (turns/completes) and años (years). Because it literally translates to "completing years," the s is just built into the word itself. The singular form is still el cumpleaños.

Why do we say Hoy es tu fiesta using es instead of está?

You might remember that we normally use estar to talk about where things are. However, there is a major exception: when talking about where or when an event takes place (like a party, concert, or class), we always use ser. Since a party is an event, we use es.

Does tu need an accent mark in this sentence?