"Der April macht was er will."
Translation:April does what it wants.
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It's a german proverb about the unstable, unsettled weather in spring, especially april.
We have a similar proverb in Italian, but for March!!!
"Marzo pazzerello, guarda il sole e prendi l'ombrello"
(March is crazy, look at the sun and take the umbrella)
I suppose the closest english proverb of March would be "in like a lion, out like a lamb."
In Spanish (Mexico at least) there is: "febrero loco, marzo otro poco" for February and March.
I think "the weather in april is unpredictable" should have been accepted. I knew the german proverb so translated the best meaning.
On most other questions you are marked down where the literal translation has a differing meaning of that of the original sentence.
Why is this question any different?
er/sie/es can all mean "it" in the right context.
er - "it" for masculine nouns like "der April"
sie - "it" for feminine nouns like "die Zeitung"
es - "it" for neuter nouns like "das Tannehun"
All months are masculine.
Hope that helps!
Okay, Duo accepted "April makes what he likes" for me (Which I did not understand) ... This is not at all the same as the little proverb I'm reading about lol.
Ironically with "will" being a false friend meaning want and not will. A correct answer is "April does what it will".
Can someone help me with how im confused? I can't understand the structure here... what am I missing?
Why do I feel like 'will' should bounce off 'macht'?
"...macht, will er was"
