"Today we are a year together"

[roniy]

"Today we are a year together"

Is it correct to say ?

Becasue I heard today this :'I'm one year sober today'
And I thoguht my sentence might work. I know I can also say
"We've been together for one year"


What do you say ?

Thanks.

 

[Trisia]

I don't know... sounds a bit unnatural to me. I'd stick with your second version, or maybe "Today we celebrate our being together a whole/an entire year" (come on, is it really that much? )

 

[roniy]

I don't know... sounds a bit unnatural to me. I'd stick with your second version, or maybe "Today we celebrate our being together a whole/an entire year" (come on, is it really that much? )

and how about this :
'I'm one year sober today'
?

 

[Trisia]

That I think I remember hearing before... let's wait for a native, shall we?

 

[SpanishStudent_39]

Technically, I don't think it's correct to say, "Today we are a year together". It might be better to say, "Today we've been a year together". If you use the present, it almost sounds like you're somehow spending a year together during the period of only one day!

Similarly, I suggest, "I've been one year sober today".

Here are some other possibilities: "Today is our first anniversary" or "Today marks our first year of marriage" or "We've been married a year today".

I think your own suggestion is one of the best: "We've been together for one year".

But I think "Today we celebrate our being together a whole/an entire year" is too long, although it's not wrong.

 

[Forero]

"Today we are a year together"

Is it correct to say ?

Becasue I heard today this :'I'm one year sober today'
And I thoguht my sentence might work. I know I can also say
"We've been together for one year"

What do you say ?

Thanks.

No, that doesn't make sense. The "one year sober" is apparently a statement by a recovering alcoholic, who feels the one year anniversary is worthy of note and thinks of it like a birthday. It's not really proper English, but the speaker has substituted "sober" for "old".

"I am fifty years old today."
"I am fifty years young today." [I have heard this from a person who did not want to become "old".]
"I am one year sober today."