No. 268 in Catalan
desembre
"Desembre" means "December" in English.
In a sentence
El desembre és el mes de l'hivern.
December is the month of winter.
In this sentence, 'desembre' is used as the name of the last month of the year, functioning as the subject of the sentence, referring to a specific time.
L'any passat, al desembre, vam decorar l'arbre de Nadal.
Last year, in December, we decorated the Christmas tree.
Here, 'desembre' is used to indicate a specific time period as part of a prepositional phrase, defining when the action took place.
Aquest desembre probablement serà més fred que l'anterior.
This December will probably be colder than the last.
In this case, 'desembre' is used in conjunction with the demonstrative 'aquest' to reference a specific occurrence of December.
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