"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.
You are correct, both IN and A are used. If the month begins with a vowel...Ad ottobre, Ad agosto etc
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I'm almost done with gilding the Italian tree and prepositions are by far the thing I struggle the most with. The most helpful resource I've found on ways to differentiate the various uses of prepositions is here: https://www.clozemaster.com/blog/italian-prepositions/
In this particular case, I found this explanation made sense: “A” is used to say when or at what time something will happen. We drink his beer - when? - in September. Thus, a settembre. Hope this helps someone else!
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Thanks for that useful link. If the sentence means 'We drink his beer every September' would it be appropriate to use 'in' instead of 'a'?
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.
You're not the only one! The tips plainly say that in and a are interchangeable!
Strange to be marked wrong for something taught earlier! Ir rational decision!
someone in an earlier lesson said a is usually used but doesn't sound right in front of aprile and agosto which is why in is used
It's true that the preposition "a" doesn't sound right in front of "aprile" and "agosto", but isn't it the rule that "a" changes to "ad" in such a situation?
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.
I mean, you could use "in" for months that start with a vowel, but I would just use "ad"
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.
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
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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The most helpful resource I've found on ways to differentiate the various uses of prepositions is here: https://www.clozemaster.com/blog/italian-prepositions/
In this case, I found this explanation made sense: “A” is used to say when or at what time something will happen. We drink his beer - when? - in September. Thus, a settembre. Hope this helps someone else!
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.
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The most helpful resource I've found on ways to differentiate the various uses of prepositions is here: https://www.clozemaster.com/blog/italian-prepositions/
In this case, I found this explanation made sense: “A” is used to say when or at what time something will happen. We drink his beer - when? - in September. Thus, a settembre. Hope this helps someone else!
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!
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The most helpful resource I've found on ways to differentiate the various uses of prepositions is here: https://www.clozemaster.com/blog/italian-prepositions/
In this case, I found this explanation made sense: “A” is used to say when or at what time something will happen. We drink his beer - when? - in September. Thus, a settembre.
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.
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The most helpful resource I've found on ways to differentiate the various uses of prepositions is here: https://www.clozemaster.com/blog/italian-prepositions/
In this case, I found this explanation made sense: “A” is used to say when or at what time something will happen. We drink his beer - when? - in September. Thus, a settembre. Hope this helps someone else!
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Like several other people, I do not understand why only 'a settembre' is accepted and 'in settembre' is wrong
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The most helpful resource I've found on ways to differentiate the various uses of prepositions is here: https://www.clozemaster.com/blog/italian-prepositions/
In this case, I found this explanation made sense: “A” is used to say when or at what time something will happen. We drink his beer - when? - in September. Thus, a settembre. Hope this helps someone else!
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I Got it!! if it is something habitual like recurring then it a "a" if not then its a "in"
Hmm. I wonder if you're right. Did you read that anywhere or hear it from somebody in the know? I'm not saying you're wrong ...
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.
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
It would be great if someone could explain why in Settembre is wrong? thank you so much in advance
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The most helpful resource I've found on ways to differentiate the various uses of prepositions is here: https://www.clozemaster.com/blog/italian-prepositions/
In this case, I found this explanation made sense: “A” is used to say when or at what time something will happen. We drink his beer - when? - in September. Thus, a settembre. Hope this helps someone else!
There was probably something else wrong. Always best to post your entire answer. Other eyes usually see what we miss.
Glad to see others struggled & disagreed for the same reason. The tips do say a or in are interchangeable!