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Englanti ei ole vaikeaa.

Englanti ei ole vaikeaa.
English is not difficult.
From Lesson 33:The elative case (-sta/-stä)·Finnish

Questions & Answers about Englanti ei ole vaikeaa.

Why does the sentence use ole instead of on?
In Finnish, the verb for to be changes in negative sentences. Instead of saying ei on (which is incorrect), you must use the negative verb ei plus the special negative base form ole. Together, ei ole means is not.
Why is the word for difficult vaikeaa with an extra -a at the end, instead of just vaikea?
The extra -a puts the adjective into the partitive case. When you use an adjective to describe a language or an abstract, uncountable concept, Finnish requires this case. So, the basic word vaikea becomes vaikeaa.
How do we know Englanti means the English language and not the country of England?
We know from the context! Usually, Finnish writes languages with a lowercase letter (englanti) and countries with a capital letter (Englanti). However, because this is the first word of the sentence, it has to be capitalized either way.

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