Learn Romanian: Petrecerea este în luna mai. - The party is in the month of May.

In Romanian, the word for "the" attaches to the end of the noun. The basic word for "party" is petrecere. Because it is a feminine noun ending in -e, we add -a to the end to make it petrecerea (the party).

Why is it luna and not lună?

The basic dictionary word for "month" is lună (ending with the special letter ă). When you want to say "the month", that final ă changes to a regular a. So, în luna mai literally means "in the month of May".

Can I just say în mai instead of în luna mai?

Yes, you can absolutely say în mai. However, adding the word for "the month" (luna) before the month name is very common and natural in Romanian. For this specific month, it also helps avoid confusion because mai is also the Romanian word for "more".

Why is mai written with a lowercase letter?

Unlike in English, the names of months and days of the week are not capitalized in Romanian unless they happen to be the first word of a sentence.