"Lipiec jest miesiącem roku."

Translation: July is a month of the year.

[ourwaltz]

Does this mean:

"July is a month of the year" or "July is the month of the year". How would I specify the latter sentence (this month is july)?

[podeksiemieniem]

Lipiec jest miesiącem roku could mean both , but Lipiec jest miesiącem w roku means July is a month of the year , and with your sentence , ( 1 ) Ten miesiąc jest lipcem or ( 2 ) Ten miesiąc to lipiec ( better ) or eventually ( 3 ) Ten miesiąc nazywa się lipiec ( That month is named "Lipiec" )

[luless]

You can say 'Lipiec jest tym miesiącem' - 'July is the/this month'.

In Polish you dont really have to worry about a/the. Distinction between those two usually comes with context. Without context both are correct (in majority of cases).

[littlelaurel]

Is there something in the Polish sentence that implies the translation to be 'of' instead of 'in?'

July is a month in the year. vs. July is a month of the year.

[karlr42]

I would say, it's because 'roku' is genitive case, and genitive case is used for possession, hence, 'of'. 'July is a month [that belongs to] the year' = 'July is a month of the year'.

[centaurii]

This finally made it make sense to me, otherwise I had the same question as littlelaurel

[Lingimen]

styczen, luty, marzec, kwiecien, maj, cerwiec, lipiec, sierpien, wrzesien, pazdziernik, listopad, grudzien
or something like that, I'm still learning :

[Euhan1]

Much better than months not of the year...