Ad aprile la donna compra fiori gialli per la cucina.

In April the woman buys yellow flowers for the kitchen.

Breakdown of Ad aprile la donna compra fiori gialli per la cucina.

• il fiore: the flower
• giallo: yellow
• comprare: to buy
• per: for

Questions & Answers about Ad aprile la donna compra fiori gialli per la cucina.

Why is it ad aprile instead of a aprile?

Ad is just a variant of a used before a vowel for smoother pronunciation. So ad aprile means in April. In modern Italian, this extra d is mainly kept in a few common cases like ad aprile.

Why is there no article before aprile?

In Italian, names of months usually appear without an article. So you say ad aprile, a maggio, a giugno, not all’aprile in normal usage.

Why is aprile not capitalized?

Unlike in English, Italian normally does not capitalize months, days of the week, or languages. So aprile is written with a lowercase a, unless it starts the sentence.

Why does the sentence say la donna?

La donna means the woman. Italian uses definite articles very regularly, often more than English does. Here it refers to a specific woman, so la is the normal choice.

Why is the verb compra?