Breakdown of Min semester börjar i maj eller juni.
i
in
börja
to start
eller
or
min
my (min/mitt/mina)
semestern
the vacation
maj
May
juni
June
Questions & Answers about Min semester börjar i maj eller juni.
Wait, does semester mean a school semester?
No, this is a classic false friend. In Swedish, semester usually means a vacation or holiday, typically from work. If you want to talk about a school term or semester, the Swedish word to use is termin.
Why aren't the months maj and juni capitalized here?
Unlike in English, months, days of the week, and languages are never capitalized in Swedish unless they happen to be the very first word of a sentence.
Why is it min instead of mitt?
In Swedish, the word you use for my has to match the noun it describes. Because semester is an en-word (en semester), you must use min. If it were an ett-word, you would use mitt.
Do you always use i when talking about something happening in a month?
Yes! When saying that something happens during a specific month, you use the preposition i. It works exactly like the English word in, so i maj simply means in May.
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