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What is the difference between 你的生日是几月几号？ and 你的生日是什么时候？ ?Feel free to just provide example sentences.
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差不多意思。第一句提问者可能想知道确切日期。第二句可以不用回答确切日期，比如回答“我的生日是在冬天”，但是一般情况下，还是会回答具体日期。
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the second question we may answer I was born in month day year. The first one we only answer month and day
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@alexa you do use 是 in the second one. it's like when is your birthday.
是in this context is the "is". 什么时候 (lit. what time) is the "when"
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the first question is asking for a specific number, whereas the second is more vague.
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