Questions & Answers about We mogen in juni en juli buiten zwemmen.
Why aren't juni and juli capitalized here?
In Dutch, months of the year, days of the week, and seasons are written with lowercase letters, unlike in English. So it is always juni, not Juni.
Do we always use in before months, just like in English?
Yes! When saying something happens in a specific month, Dutch uses the preposition in, exactly like English.
Why is zwemmen (to swim) at the very end of the sentence?
This sentence uses the verb mogen (to be allowed to). In Dutch, when you use a helping verb like mogen, the main action verb (zwemmen) gets pushed to the very end of the sentence.
Could I use kunnen instead of mogen here?
Are juni and juli pronounced exactly like June and July?