Learn Spanish (Spain): Veo hielo en la calle en noviembre y diciembre. - I see ice on the street in November and December.

Veo hielo en la calle en noviembre y diciembre.

I see ice on the street in November and December.

Breakdown of Veo hielo en la calle en noviembre y diciembre.

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in / on / by (means of transport) / about (after pensar)

Questions & Answers about Veo hielo en la calle en noviembre y diciembre.

Why aren't noviembre and diciembre capitalized?

Unlike in English, months of the year are not capitalized in Spanish unless they appear at the very beginning of a sentence.

Why do we use en before the months here?

To say that something happens "in" a certain month, Spanish uses the word en, just like English! So "in November" translates directly to en noviembre.

I know the verb for "to see" is ver. Why is it veo instead of vo?

The verb ver is slightly irregular when talking about yourself (the yo form). Instead of dropping the "-er" entirely to add "-o", it keeps the "e", making it veo (I see).

The translation says "on the street", but doesn't en usually mean "in"?

The Spanish word en is very flexible and can mean "in", "on", or "at" depending on the context. Here, en la calle translates best to "on the street" in English.

How do you pronounce hielo?

The letter "h" is always silent in Spanish. The "ie" part sounds a bit like the "ye" in "yellow", so hielo is pronounced a lot like "YEH-loh".