Breakdown of Wrzesień bywa ciepły, ale wieczorem jest już zimno.
być
to be
wieczorem
in the evening
zimny
cold
ale
but
Questions & Answers about Wrzesień bywa ciepły, ale wieczorem jest już zimno.
Why is Wrzesień capitalized here? Aren’t months usually lowercase in Polish?
Yes — month names in Polish are normally written with a lowercase letter: wrzesień, październik, maj.
Here it is capitalized only because it is the first word of the sentence. If the month appeared in the middle of a sentence, it would usually be wrzesień, not Wrzesień.
What does bywa mean here, and why not just jest?
Bywa means something like can be, is sometimes, or tends to be at times.
So:
- Wrzesień jest ciepły = September is warm
- Wrzesień bywa ciepły = September is sometimes warm / can be warm
This adds the idea that it is not always warm, but that warm September weather happens from time to time.
Bywa comes from bywać, which often expresses repeated or occasional states/events.
Why is it ciepły and not ciepło?