Learn Spanish (Spain): ¿Vas a la fiesta en diciembre o enero? - Are you going to the party in December or January?

Word

¿Vas a la fiesta en diciembre o enero?

Meaning

Are you going to the party in December or January?

Part of speech

sentence

Pronunciation

Course

Spanish (Spain)

Lesson

Months of the year

Breakdown of ¿Vas a la fiesta en diciembre o enero?

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

to go

Questions & Answers about ¿Vas a la fiesta en diciembre o enero?

Why aren't diciembre and enero capitalized?

In Spanish, months of the year like diciembre (December) and enero (January) are always written with lowercase letters. You only capitalize them if they are the very first word of a sentence.

What word do we use to say something happens 'in' a certain month?

You use the word en. Just like in English, you put en directly before the month to say an event happens then, as in en diciembre (in December).

Where is the word for 'you' in ¿Vas a la fiesta...?

It is built directly into the verb vas (you go / you are going). Because vas is the specific form used for tú (you), Spanish speakers usually leave the word tú out completely.

Why does the sentence use a la fiesta instead of en la fiesta?

The word a means to. When you use a verb for going, you are talking about movement toward a destination, so you need a to mean 'to the party'. If you used en, it would mean you are already at the party.

Is it okay to just say o enero instead of repeating o en enero?