Months and Seasons
во јануари (in January), во зима (in winter), во пролет (in spring). Лете and зиме already mean in summer and in winter.
How It Works
The months are written in small letters: јануари, февруари, март, април, мај, јуни, јули, август, септември, октомври, ноември, декември.
The seasons (годишни времиња) have different genders, which shows in their articles:
- пролет (spring) — feminine: пролетта (see женски именки на согласка)
- лето (summer) — neuter: летото
- есен (autumn) — feminine: есента
- зима (winter) — feminine: зимата
Saying when: use во: во октомври, во зима, во лето. A month with a year also takes во: во мај 2024 година. A date with a day number takes на instead (see датуми: на први мај).
Лете and зиме are adverbs that already mean in summer and in winter. They are common for things that happen every year: Лете одиме на море. The phrase и лете и зиме means all year round. Do not add во to them.
With the article: when the season is the subject, it takes its article: Зимата е студена. With минат (last), следен (next) and овој (this), no preposition is used: минатата зима, следната пролет. For this summer and this winter, see утрово; вечерва; годинава.
Examples (6)
- Роден сум во октомври.
I was born in October.
Word by Word: Born I-am in October.
- Во зима често врне снег.
It often snows in winter.
Word by Word: In winter often rains snow.
- Лете одиме на море.
In summer we go to the seaside.
Word by Word: In-summer we-go to sea.
Лете already means in summer, so no preposition is added.
- Во пролет дрвјата цветаат.
In spring the trees blossom.
Word by Word: In spring trees-the blossom.
- Кое е твоето омилено годишно време?
What is your favourite season?
Word by Word: Which is your-the favourite yearly time?
- Минатата зима беше многу студена.
Last winter was very cold.
Word by Word: Last-the winter was very cold.
With минат (last), the season takes no preposition.
Common Mistakes
Putting во before лете or зиме.
Во лете одиме на море.Лете одиме на море.Лете already means in summer. Say either лете or во лето, not both.
Writing a month with a capital letter.
Роден сум во Октомври.Роден сум во октомври.Months, days and seasons are written in small letters in Macedonian.
Using на with a month that has no day.
Роден сум на октомври.Роден сум во октомври.На is for a full date such as на петти октомври. A month on its own takes во.
How It Connects
Learn This First
Months follow days of the week.
Related Patterns
- на први мајDates
A month on its own takes во, but a date with a day number takes на.
Level 2 - утрово / вечерва / годинаваThis Morning and This Year
Летово and зимава mean this summer and this winter.
Level 3 - Feminine Nouns Ending in a Consonant
Пролет and есен are feminine nouns that end in a consonant: пролетта, есента.
Level 2 - врне / студено еTalking About the Weather
Seasons often come up when talking about the weather: Во зима врне снег.
Level 1 - Capital and Small Letters
Months and seasons are written with a small letter.
Level 4
Words in This Pattern
Practice Months and Seasons in Bubblegum
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