For how long will Markus have to make payments of $$239$ at the end of every month to repay a loan of $$2490$ if interest is $8\%$ per annum compounded semi$-$annually? State your answer in years and months $($from $0$ to $11$ months$).$

He will have to make payments for $$ year$($s$)$ and $$ month$($s$).$