Months and Seasons

Level 2

Months have no la, and seasons are ordinary words.

How It Works

Months
januarofebruaromartoaprilo
majojuniojulioaŭgusto
septembrooktobronovembrodecembro

Month names are proper names, so they normally take no la: say en januaro for in January. PMEG recommends a capital letter (Januaro). Many writers now use a small letter, and so do the examples here.

SeasonsMeaning
printempospring
somerosummer
aŭtunoautumn
vintrowinter

Seasons are ordinary nouns, so la works as it does with other nouns: en la somero, en la vintro.

To say when, use en with either kind of name: en marto, en la printempo. The months run in order from januaro, the first month of the year, to decembro, the twelfth.

Examples (5)

  1. Mi vizitos Brazilon en januaro.

    I will visit Brazil in January.

    Month names take no la: en januaro.

  2. En marto estas varme en Brazilo, sed malvarme en Pollando.

    In March it is warm in Brazil but cold in Poland.

    A weather remark has no subject, and marto needs no la.

  3. Kofi veturos al Japanio en aŭgusto.

    Kofi will travel to Japan in August.

    The month follows en with no la.

  4. En la somero Ewa laboras en la ĝardeno.

    In the summer Ewa works in the garden.

    Seasons are ordinary words, so la is natural.

  5. La vintro en Pollando estas malvarma, sed la somero estas varma.

    Winter in Poland is cold, but summer is warm.

    Two seasons with la and two describing words.

Common Mistakes

  • Putting la before a month.

    En la januaro mi estis en Peruo.
    En januaro mi estis en Peruo.

    A month is a proper name, so it normally takes no la.

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Months and SeasonsLevel 2

Learn This First

Months follow the same pattern as the days but are proper names.

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Patterns that build on this one.