"Февраль — последний месяц зимы."
Translation:February is the last month of winter.
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Winter is not over until approximately March 21. I notice that many Russians rush things to get winter over and on March 1 they say winter is over. So, I'm not surprised by this statement, except that Russians tend to be very accurate in everything else.
In Russia winter is strictly from December to February, then spring begins. And it doesn't matter if the snow is still there in May. :)
In Russia all doors open to the outside, people only eat with forks, city streets are raging waterways after rainfall and so on and so on, so who can be surprised about the little mistake about the end of winter?
In your sentence, "winter" is an adjective.
Февраль - последний зимний месяц.
But they might add it if you report it.
Spring equinox falls on the 20th or 21st of March (it can change, year-to-year). It "officially" marks the first day of spring in the northern hemisphere.
That's not how it is in Russia. We don't tie the changing of seasons to equinoxes.
Также где я живу, в американском штате Вермонт, который находится в севере страны - прямо на юге границы канадской провинции, Квебек. Здесь, зима обычно начинается в ноябре и заканчивается в конце апреля - иногда в начале мая, как в Сибири, да? Ещё хуже, зимой здесь страшно холодно и тёмно; редко появляется солнце.
В Сибири холодно, но если ветра нет, то не страшно, а солнца много. Лето жаркое.
It's not, really. However there is a book by Mikhail Prishvin called "Календарь природы" in which he uses this phrase. Not in regard to February specifically but in general as the earliest stage of spring.
february is the last moth of winter .i spelled correct and yet it says i did it wrong
When written like this, I'd rather translate it as "February - the last month of winter " bc of the -.
