"Grudzień to miesiąc zimy."

Translation: December is a month of winter.

[HaJaPe]

w Australii grudzień to miesiąc lata!!!

[Mumbzee]

Tak

[nilsniklas]

Could it also mean "December is a month in winter"?

[Carl6271]

I agree. Same problem for me

[gbaldacci1309]

Why is it "zimy"? I would expect it to remain in Nominative "zima" since no verb is used in this sentence. Please explain why it becomes "zimy" and what case it is. Many thanks.

[immery]

It is genitive, this construction (noun+noun in genitive), shows possession- so "winter" owns "month".

the same way you say książka Zosi= a book of Zosia/ Zosia's book

[alex_tv80]

Audio sais "zimne"

[SparksZ]

The difference between Polish "y" and "i", at least from what I've been hearing from the audios, don't take my word too seriously, is that "y" is a short "i" (and actually, it works for me when I shape my mouth more like an "i" in "in" but instead try to pronounce a soft "e" such as in "meh").

[Vengir]

It pronounces that word in a somewhat weird way, but it's definitely "zimy".

[MarkKulka]

Grudzień to tylko nieznacznie miesiąc zimy. Jest to prawie całkowicie miesiąc jesieni.

[Denis393629]

Shy "December is a winter's month" isn't accepted as a valid translation?

[Jellei]

I don't believe it works in English.

[Julia604611]

So if you wanted to say December is a cold month would it be grudzień to zimy mieszać?

[Jellei]

That looks like an autocorrect mistake... "mieszać" is a verb, "to mix"/"to blend"/"to stir".

"zimy" is a form of "zima", "winter". The adjective "cold" is "zimny".

We arrive at "Grudzień to zimny miesiąc".

[FrancescoCelegh]

Winter's month ?

[Jellei]

I believe that it really needs to just be "winter month".