My birthday has recently passed.

[rajan]

My birthday has recently passed. It was on January 15.

Is this sentence correct? Please guide.

 

[Barque]

Please guide me.

It makes sense but it doesn't sound very natural to me.

More natural options:
My birthday just went by.
It was my birthday [just] a few days ago.
My birthday was [just] a few days ago.

"Just" is optional in the last two.

Edit: Google shows a few results for "My birthday has recently passed" from people who seem to be in the US or the UK. So maybe it works. But I think my suggestions are more common.

 

[rajan]

My birthday just went by.

Can we write this sentence as my birthday has just gone by? Because I think with word just we normally use present perfect tense.

 

[emsr2d2]

Can we write this sentence as "My birthday has just gone by"? Because I think with the word "just", we normally use the present perfect tense.

It's grammatically correct but it's not natural in BrE.

I'd say "It was my birthday yesterday/a few days ago/last week".

 

[5jj]

My birthday just went by.

That one is unnatural in BrE.

 

[Tarheel]

My birthday has recently passed.

I'm sure I would understand you, but are you aware that we usually say that when somebody has died? (American English.)

 

[emsr2d2]

I'm sure I would understand you, but are you aware that we usually say that when somebody has died? (American English.)

I'm pretty sure I've never said "My birthday has recently passed" when someone has just died.

 

[rajan]

I'm sure I would understand you, but are you aware that we usually say that when somebody has died? (American English.)

If a person has died, I would say, "He has passed away.”

 

[5jj]

Both passed and passed away are possible. The former is used more in AmE.

 

[Tarheel]

I'm pretty sure I've never said "My birthday has recently passed" when someone has just died.

No, I was referring to the "has passed" part, obviously.

As far as that sentence, I have heard "I recently had a birthday" but not "My birthday has recently passed".

 

[rajan]

I'd say "It was my birthday yesterday/a few days ago/last week".

Could you please guide me further on it that why we cannot write this sentence as "My birthday was yesterday/a few days ago/last week". Why is "preparatory it" required?

 

[5jj]

Could you please guide me further on it that why we cannot write this sentence as "My birthday was yesterday/a few days ago/last week".

We can. Nobody has said we can't

 

[Barque]

Another way to say it is "I had a birthday recently". This isn't as common in my opinion, however.