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Oggi è il compleanno di mio suocero
Today is my father-in-law's birthday
Literally: 'Today is the birthday of my father-in-law'.

Dr B.'s father is seventy today. I am happy to be joining the festivities, and to let this be his big day.

In my heart, this is also our big day: Dr B. and I met exactly five years ago. When I think of these five years, I can only close my eyes and smile. I could not have asked for anything better than this.

Oggi è anche il nostro quinto anniversario
Today is also our fifth anniversary
Literally: 'Today is also the our fifth anniversary'.

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Three facts to keep in mind when expressing possesssion:

1. apart from very rare exceptions, words like my, your, our etc always take 'the' before them; and
2. there is only one translation, whether the object is mentioned or not ('our house is old' or 'ours is old' would be 'la nostra casa è vecchia' and 'la nostra è vecchia'); but
3. it changes if the noun it refers to is masculine: 'il mio appartamento' (my flat) or feminine: 'la mia casa' (my house).

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