MFLE
Italian Reference Grammar - Date, numbers and weather
Months and seasons
The months of the year are all masculine.
They are:
| gennaio | January |
| febbraio | February |
| marzo | March |
| aprile | April |
| maggio | May |
| giugno | June |
| luglio | July |
| agosto | August |
| settembre | September |
| ottobre | October |
| novembre | November |
| dicembre | December |
Points to note
- The months are written without capital letters unless they appear at the beginning of a sentence.
- To say 'in that month', you can use the expression 'nel mese di...', literally 'in the month of...' Therefore, 'in January' is 'nel mese di gennaio'.
- You can also use 'in/a/di + month' to mean 'in that month'. Therefore 'in January' can be expressed as: 'in gennaio', 'a gennaio', 'di gennaio' .
Seasons
The four seasons in Italian are as follows.
| Season | English translation |
| la primavera | spring |
| l'estate | summer |
| l'autunno | autumn |
| l'inverno | winter |
Points to note
- The seasons are also written without capital letters unless they appear at the beginning of a sentence.
- To say 'in' with a season, you use 'di' or 'd' ' - 'di primavera', 'd'estate', 'd'autunno', 'd'inverno'.