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How to Use Articles and Prepositions with the Months of the Year – with Video

posted on December 5, 2009

On July 19th I posted a video teaching you how to say the months of the year. Now you are going to learn what articles and prepositions to use with the months.

 

First, a reminder: We do not capitalize the months of the year in Portuguese.

 

Let’s go:

 

1) As in English, when starting a sentence with the month, do not use any articles in front of it. Examples:

  • Dezembro é um mês quente no Brasil. (December is a hot month in Brazil)
  • Março é um mês chuvoso no Brasil. (March is a rainy month in Brazil)

 

2) “The month of …” = “O mês de…”. That may sound a bit strange or old fashioned in English, but is commonly used in Brazil. Examples:

  • O mês de dezembro é quente no Brasil. (The month of December is hot in Brazil)
  • O mês de março tem muita chuva no Brasil. (The month of March has lots of rain in Brazil) 

 

3) To say that something happens in a certain month, use the preposition “em” in front of the month. Examples:

  • O Natal é em dezembro. (Christmas is in December)
  • Meu aniversário é em setembro. (My birthday is in September)

 

4) In Brazil, we sometimes use the expression “in the month of…”, which in Portuguese is  “no mês de…”. Examples:

  • O Natal é no mês de dezembro. (Christmas is in the month of December)
  • Meu aniversário é no mês de setembro. (My birthday is in the month of September)

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Learn more: Visit our lesson Months of the Year – Learn How to Say os Meses do Ano – with Video

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I’m Luciana, founder of Street Smart Brazil. I am so happy to be able to help you in your Portuguese speaking journey! Teaching Portuguese as a foreign language was one of the best things that could have happened in my life. I’ve had the privilege of teaching Portuguese at the University of California, Berkeley and the University of San Francisco. Now I am fully dedicated to the Street Smart Brazil community.

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