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"We drink his beer in September."
Translation:Beviamo la sua birra a settembre.
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In this section 4 of Time sometimes we are given 'a' followed by the month and sometimes 'in' followed by the month and it seems completely interchangeable. This time I put 'in settembre' rather than 'a settembre' and was marked as incorrect so I would love a native Italian speaking person to let me know if there is a rule for this as I am unable to fathom it out. Many thanks.
Only have their word for it but two of my Italian friends tell me it doesn't matter, if it did, it doesn't now...
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I did exactly the same. I Checked my sentence thoroughly and there was no other error.
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You are correct, both IN and A are used. If the month begins with a vowel...Ad ottobre, Ad agosto etc
The three given meanings of English "in" are "in", "dentro" and "tra"; yet "a" is used in the correct answer. How is this right if "a" is not one of the given meanings?
you use "a" with most of the months. I believe you use "in" when the month starts with a vowel, but I never had this confirmed by a native speaker. But I know you use "a" with most of the months.
Is an unspecified quantity of beer always singular? I would think that the sense of the sentence would imply that more than on beer is had.
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wait so how would we know if someone said this sentence to us if they were saying his or her beer?
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You don't. But there's normally something else in the sentence that gives you a clue - eg we went to see Peter and he gave us his beer
I get confused with masculine or feminine applications. In this example, I don't understand why "la sua" (f?) is used when it's referring to a "his" (m).
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Because possession in Italian is determined by the gender of the thing possessed. Il mio cavallo, la mia birra
I never noticed how neat this was in English until I learned Italian from English. My native language isn't gendered.
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I did the same thing, using "in" and got it incorrect. There are some discrepancies in the program that we must memorize, I assume, because we are not able to question a native speaker with our issues.
I tried "Beviamo le sue birre a settembre" although a large part of me thinks it should be "la sua birra" as it should be a collective noun, i.e."la birra", "la frutta". :D
:) KK
I wrote "beviamo la sua birra in settembre". The correction underlines the "a" instead of "in". As I understand "in" should be correct. I am reporting it, hopefully they will fiz it.
Are month names also always capitalized in Italian? (e.g. "Settembre" instead of "settembre")
No. Italian capitalizes a lot less than us. I want to say just proper names.
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Now I am completely lost. A few lessons ago it should not be a, because that should only be used in the meaning up to a certain moment, and In when we speak of a certain period - and that is here the case. And now it suddenly should be a. & €@#
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There was probably something else wrong. Always best to post your entire answer. Other eyes usually see what we miss.
Like several other people, I do not understand why only 'a settembre' is accepted and 'in settembre' is wrong
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I also used 'in' and it was marked wrong. Really annoying as this 'mistake' was the right before finalizing two flawless modules and being advanced to the next level!
