Learn Hardcore Italian: La donna dice che gennaio è il mese più lungo dell’inverno, ma l’uomo pensa che febbraio passi in fretta. - The woman says that January is the longest month of winter, but the man thinks that February goes by quickly.

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La donna dice che gennaio è il mese più lungo dell’inverno, ma l’uomo pensa che febbraio passi in fretta.

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The woman says that January is the longest month of winter, but the man thinks that February goes by quickly.

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Breakdown of La donna dice che gennaio è il mese più lungo dell’inverno, ma l’uomo pensa che febbraio passi in fretta.

Why are gennaio, febbraio, and inverno not capitalized?

In Italian, the names of months and seasons are normally written with lowercase letters unless they begin a sentence.

So:

This is different from English, where January, February, and Winter are often capitalized.

Why do we say la donna and l’uomo, but just gennaio and febbraio without an article?

In this sentence, la donna and l’uomo refer to specific people, so Italian uses the definite article:

With months, Italian usually does not use an article when simply naming the month:

So:

You may see an article with months in special cases, for example:

Why is it l’uomo and not il uomo?