A maggio andiamo spesso al parco dopo cena, ma a giugno facciamo colazione sul balcone.

In Italian, months are normally introduced with a when you mean in a certain month:

• a maggio = in May
• a giugno = in June

This is very common with months and many time expressions.

You will also sometimes hear just the month without a, depending on the structure, but a maggio and a giugno are completely natural and standard here.

Italian often uses the present tense to talk about habitual or repeated actions, just like English does:

• A maggio andiamo spesso al parco = In May we often go to the park
• A giugno facciamo colazione sul balcone = In June we have breakfast on the balcony

So the present tense here does not mean only right now. It can also mean something we usually do.

Italian is a pro-drop language, which means subject pronouns are often omitted because the verb ending already tells you who the subject is.

• andiamo = we go
• facciamo = we do / we have

So noi is not necessary. You could say Noi andiamo..., but it would usually add emphasis or contrast.

Spesso means often.

In this sentence:

• andiamo spesso al parco

it comes after the verb, which is a very common position for adverbs in Italian.

Italian adverb placement is somewhat flexible, but verb + spesso is very natural here. You could also hear other placements in different contexts, but this one is standard and easy to learn.

Al is a contraction of a + il:

• a + il = al

So:

• al parco = to the park / at the park

In Italian, many places commonly take the article:

• al parco
• al cinema
• al mare

That is why a parco would sound incorrect here.

In expressions like after lunch, after dinner, before breakfast, Italian often uses the meal word without an article:

• dopo cena = after dinner
• dopo pranzo = after lunch
• prima di colazione = before breakfast

So dopo cena is a fixed, very natural expression.

If you added an article in many cases, it would sound less idiomatic or would change the meaning.

Because fare colazione is the normal Italian expression for to have breakfast.

So:

• faccio colazione = I have breakfast
• facciamo colazione = we have breakfast

This is idiomatic. Even though fare literally means to do/make, in this expression it simply means to have breakfast.

Similarly:

• fare pranzo is less common in standard usage for have lunch
• pranzare = to have lunch
• cenare = to have dinner

But for breakfast, fare colazione is the standard phrase.

Sul is the contraction of su + il:

• su + il = sul

So:

• sul balcone = on the balcony

In English we usually say on the balcony, and Italian uses su here. It is the normal choice in this context.

Compare:

• sul tavolo = on the table
• sul balcone = on the balcony

Sometimes, but the meaning can shift slightly.

• andare al parco usually means to go to the park
• essere nel parco means to be in the park

Nel parco emphasizes being inside the park area.
Al parco is the normal expression after andare in a sentence like this.

So in your sentence, andiamo spesso al parco is the best and most natural choice.

Italian often puts a time expression at the beginning of the sentence to set the scene:

• A maggio...
• A giugno...

This is very natural and helps organize the information clearly. It is similar to English starting with In May... or In June...

Italian word order is flexible, but this structure is especially common when contrasting two time periods, as in this sentence.

Ma means but.

It connects the two parts of the sentence and shows a contrast:

• A maggio andiamo spesso al parco dopo cena
• ma
• a giugno facciamo colazione sul balcone

So the sentence contrasts two different habits in two different months.

Yes. The sentence is organized in a very typical Italian way:

1. time expression
2. verb
3. adverb or place/time details

For example:

• A maggio | andiamo | spesso al parco dopo cena
• a giugno | facciamo colazione | sul balcone

This order sounds smooth and natural in Italian. English speakers sometimes try to keep English word order too closely, but Italian often prefers to place time expressions early, especially when making comparisons like this.

Normally, no.

In standard Italian, months are not capitalized, unless they begin a sentence or are part of a title.

So you write:

• maggio
• giugno

not:

• Maggio
• Giugno

This is different from English, where month names are always capitalized.