"Wir haben Ferien im Februar."

Translation: We are on vacation in February.

[chrisbrown2013]

Please let English speakers user the word "holiday"

[JJxeu1]

"We have holidays in February was accepted" (July 2000)

[JJxeu1]

2020, sorry

[RuthFirth]

mine wasn't

[FrankInGermany]

My answer was not accepted, "We go on vacation in February." I know its not a literal translation compared to "haben", as is "are on." However, "we go" is a much more colloquial way of saying this in America.

[Kelly_3183]

I said we are on vacation in february.. also wrong.. it sounded legit in my head lol. Got the gist.. Nuances.. shenanigans.

[Kelly_3183]

''We are on vacation in february'' actually. Still sounds legit lol but to clarify

[az_p]

Would the emphasis be more neutral as Wir haben im Februar Ferien?

[Abendbrot]

Yes, it would be.

[Andrew51121]

could one also say:

"In Februar machen wir Urlaub" ?

[chuka1000]

I don't see a problem with 'Im Februar, machen wir Urlaub' but I would prefer if a native speaker would confirm.

[requin230]

Yes, the sentence is correct in german. However "Ferien" in german is genarally only used for school holidays. While "wir machen Urlaub" means we go on a vacation.

[KrisValent]

Why is "we have vacation in February" marked wrong?

[DouglasBau2]

Ageed

[Falkvinge]

"Im" would imply "in dem". Is this accurate? If so, are all months pronounced as definite ("the January, the February"), etc, with this sentence being read out as "Wir haben Ferien in dem Februar"?

[Kit845299]

You would always use "im" when saying that something takes place in a month ("im Januar", "im März" etc.) but that is kind of a fixed phrase. You would not say "in dem Januar/Februar/März etc.".
The months are not always pronounced with de definite article either. You could say for example:
"Januar ist ein kalter Monat." or:
"Der Januar ist ein kalter Monat."

(In general you are right though, "im" is the combination of "in" and "dem".)

[DouglasBau2]

" We take vacation in February" is correct

[philipbelcher]

"We are having holidays in February" uses the meaning of Haben and emphasises the plural nature of Ferien. What's bugging Duo?