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- "Siamo a dicembre."
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Any hard and fast rules for when to say a dicembre, and when to say in dicembre? edit: comment below downbooted.anyone?
No, no, no! Another word for word translation. Stop it DL!
- It is December
Is how it is said in English.
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In and a are interchangeable and used depending on personal habits and regional differences. In is preferred in the North, a is more commonly used in conversations etc. "A" is changed to "ad" in front of months starting with vowels like "aprile" and "ottobre." Check this article: https://www.thoughtco.com/italian-vocabulary-italian-calendar-months-4087628
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Why it is not "stiamo a dicembre"? I thought stare refers to space or time like in spanish
No, essere is used not stare with months. http://italian.about.com/od/verbs/a/irregular-first-conjugation-italian-verbs.htm http://italian.about.com/library/verb/blverb_stare.htm http://dictionary.reverso.net/italian-english/stare http://italian.about.com/library/fare/blfare109a.htm http://italian.about.com/library/fare/blfare188a.htm http://italian.about.com/library/verb/blverb_essere.htm http://dictionary.reverso.net/italian-english/essere http://italian.about.com/od/verbs/a/italian-verb-essere.htm
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It can be used. Perhaps a discussion with a friend about what to do and they keep bringing up things that will happen in January so you say but we're in December now as a way of getting them to focus on more current activities.
Why was I corrected from "Siamo a agosto" to "Siamo in agosto" but now I was also corrected from "Siamo in dicembre" to "Siamo a dicembre"? Is it just because agosto starts with a?
No, thru both can be used. Was your correction "Another translation"? Or were you marked as incorrect?
but I just had 'a' marked wrong for a month in the last section, told it should be 'in' please be consistent
