"We wait for April."

Translation: Aspettiamo aprile.

[marianosman]

Why is there no proposition signifying that we are waiting FOR April? Isn't "aspettiamo aprile" literally "we wait April"?

[f.formica]

Aspettare is closer to "await": We await April. On the other hand "await" means "wait for" doesn't it :)

[GuerraAmanda]

Can't we say "aspettiamo per aprile"?

[f.formica]

Hm no, per would introduce a time period (aspettiamo per dieci minuti, we wait for ten minutes) or a purpose (aspettiamo per la festa, we wait for the party [to start]).

[apavis]

'per aprile' worked for me...

[Duolessio]

It's wrong, Italian "aspettare" is a transitive verb, it needs no preposition.

[JerryDR]

I used "aspettiamo ad aprile", and it got accepted as well

[Duolessio]

I'm reporting these cases, no preposition should be allowed since "aprile" is the direct object of "aspettiamo".

[LorenzoLM]

aspettare is await or wait for

[funnyiloveitaly2]

Why ad and not a?

[ajpthree]

because "aprile" begins with a vowel, so they use "ad" to break it up - at least, I think this is correct. Italians or more experienced students, feel free to chime in here :D

[VipulKapoo]

I don't understand when to use 'per' and when to skip it

[ioergos]

What about "attendiamo", I know "aspettiamo" is more common, but would it be somehow correctly understood?

[DanielMcGu5]

the literal translation of some of these phrases is enuf to make any student crazy. how are we supposed to know when a meaning is implied or not??? none of us are mind readers.

[Puett]

Why not "l'aprile"? Why no article?

[Joframan]

Whe I translated 'aspettiamo aprile' as we wait for april is wrong and in futher question 'we wait for April' is acceptable as aspettiamo aprile?...

[atLennie_Godber]

Why not "attendiamo"?

[Jay.Jay10]

Are the months in italian not capitalized?

[Drew293897]

No, they're not

[deactivated user]

Rlly typo on un typable Q

[transkter]

I was told there is a typo in my answer when all I was doing was dragging the words that were provided LOL.

[emilyflamingo]

why are the months not capitalized in italian?

[Jordyn344702]

What isnt aprile capitalized?

[LorenzoLM]

Months and days are not capitalized in Italian