"In February I wear gloves."
Translation:A febbraio metto i guanti.
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Could somebody explain why it is "A febbraio" instead of "In febbraio"?
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‧ The Italian preposition "a" is generally used with names of the months to express the English preposition "in". ‧ A febbraio vado in Italia. In February I'm going to Italy ‧ Oggi In Italia ‧ books.google.com/books?isbn=1305545087 ‧
‧ en.bab.la/dictionary/italian-english/a-febbraio ‧
‧ forum.duolingo.com/comment/21832269/Prepositions-A-all-alla-alle-allo-agli-ad ‧
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it just is that way - some things aren't the same in Italian as they are in English
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I believe it's just an idiomatic thing...the preposition used when saying 'in a certain month' is 'A'. It's the same with countries. To say 'I go to Italy' you use 'Vado IN italia', not 'Vado A italia'. But with cities you DO use 'A'.....'Vado a Roma'. You can't translate word for word...you have to learn the syntax. It takes time..you'll get it!
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Does "metto" really mean "I wear"? I would have thought that in order to use metto, you would have to put ON gloves (metto sui guanti?), but that still isn't "wear" in the strictest sense.
Yeah "mettere" is normally "put" or "put on"; "mettere sui guanti" means to put something on top of the gloves, "mettere su i guanti" to put the gloves on top of something (in this case 'su' means the direction 'up'). To wear should be "indossare" (formal) or "portare" (informal); "a febbraio porto i guanti" would be correct depending on the context (it could mean "i bring the gloves" too). In this case the speaker might mean that he/she puts on gloves when going out during that month, so it works in Italian.
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I used "Indosso guanti a febbraio" and it was accepted as correct. 3rd December, 2018.
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I put "A febbraio io metto i guanti" and is corrected to "… mi metto …". Why "mi"?
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Mettere means 'to put'. If you just write "Io metto i guanti", you're only saying "I put the gloves." In Italian, to indicate that you are putting the gloves on yourself (as opposed to on your daughter, or on the dresser, for example), you need the indirect object "mi". You have to write "Mi metto i guanti", or literally, "I put the gloves on myself." (In Italian that indirect object usually goes BEFORE the verb.) Does that help???
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"mi" indicates, like previously said, something you do to yourself. This is applied to a lot, even waking up. "Mi sveglio" would be "I wake up" (with an aid such as an alarm clock). "Mi chiamo.." would be "I am called.." etc. It's more like memorisation for the most part, though.
Why isn't metto (or the verb mettere) in the drop down to assist the beginner-student?
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"metto i guanti"? "I put" the gloves? If it were 'In February I put gloves on', I could see this making sense. But 'I wear gloves' = "metto i guanti" is very confusing. Maybe they should reword the English version.
