Learn Romanian: Acest proiect începe în septembrie și se termină în octombrie. - This project starts in September and ends in October.

In Romanian, the verb for 'to end' or 'to finish' when an event is happening is reflexive: a se termina. Literally, this sentence says the project 'ends itself.' If you just used termină, it would sound like the project is actively finishing some other task!

Why aren't septembrie and octombrie capitalized?

Unlike in English, months of the year and days of the week are not capitalized in Romanian unless they are at the very beginning of a sentence.

Is în the standard word to use before months?

Yes! Just like in English, you use the preposition în (in) when talking about something happening in a specific month, such as în septembrie (in September).

Why do we use acest instead of această for 'this project'?

The word for 'this' has to match the gender of the noun. Proiect is a neuter noun. Because neuter nouns act like masculine nouns in the singular, it takes the masculine form acest. If it were a feminine noun, you would use această.