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Would "siamo a agosto" be accepted as well? Are these interchangeable? I am struggling to find a clear answer on this, but I haven't managed.
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Yes undomielle, those are interchangeable. But it is preferable "siamo AD agosto" because agosto starts with "a" (it is a matter of "sound").
P.S. I am Italian mother tongue, you can see how bad is my English. Bye! :-)
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So "ad agosto" and "in agosto" mean exactly the same? I can use whichever crosses my mind first?
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Yes bluth12, they are exactly the same thing:
«In agosto fa caldo» or «Ad agosto fa caldo» = «In August it's hot».
You can use what you prefer. Bye!
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Ah, good, another student wondering what I have been wondering (see above - no reply, booh). Yes, quite confused as to when to use IN and when to use A in front of months.
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I answered as duolingo expected but I think they should allow, 'It is August'. I have never heard an english speaker say this.
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We say this in English. What month are we in now?/We're in August. It's perfectly fine.
Perfectly fine? I have my doubts, but it certainly isn't wrong. It's August is more likely imo.
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Si! If someone asks me, "What month is it?" It would be perfectly natural to say "It's August"
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I guess not, it is the same in Swedish actually. No capital letters for months.
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Actually, a lot of languages don't capitalize months or days of the week, it seems.
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Not every language even names them, Vietnamese calls them „month one, month two“.
