Questions & Answers about Abril e maio são meses muito bonitos.
Why is maio written with a lowercase "m"?
In Portuguese, the months of the year are always written with lowercase letters, unlike in English. Abril is only capitalized here because it is the very first word in the sentence.
What is the singular form of meses (months)?
The singular is mês. To make Portuguese words ending in a stressed -s (or consonants like -r or -z) plural, we add -es. Notice that the circumflex accent (the little hat) on mês drops away in the plural form meses.
Why do we use são instead of estão?
Why doesn't muito change to muitos to match the plural word meses?