Aquesta manera és fàcil.

Aquesta means this. It is the feminine singular form of the demonstrative adjective.

In this sentence, it goes with manera, so aquesta manera means this way or this manner.

Other related forms are:

• aquest = this (masculine singular)
• aquesta = this (feminine singular)
• aquests = these (masculine plural)
• aquestes = these (feminine plural)

Because manera is a feminine singular noun.

In Catalan, demonstratives must agree with the noun in gender and number. Since manera is feminine singular, the correct form is aquesta.

Compare:

• aquest llibre = this book
• aquesta manera = this way

Manera usually means way, manner, or method, depending on context.

So Aquesta manera és fàcil can be understood as something like:

• This way is easy
• This method is easy
• This manner is easy

The exact English choice depends on the context, but the Catalan word itself is very common and flexible.

És is the third-person singular form of the verb ser, which means to be.

So:

• jo soc = I am
• tu ets = you are
• ell/ella és = he/she is

In this sentence, és means is.

Catalan, like Spanish, often distinguishes between ser and estar.

Here, ser is used because fàcil describes a general quality or characteristic of aquesta manera. It is saying that this way/method is easy by nature or as a description.

So Aquesta manera és fàcil means that this method or way is easy in general.

The accents help with pronunciation, and sometimes they also distinguish words.

• és has an accent to mark the stressed vowel and to distinguish it from es, which is a pronoun.
• fàcil has a grave accent on à because the stress falls on the first syllable: FÀ-cil.

Catalan uses accents more regularly than English, so they are important to learn and keep in writing.

A rough pronunciation for an English speaker is:

ah-KES-tuh muh-NEH-ruh es FAH-sil

A few useful points:

• qu in aquesta sounds like a hard k
• és is pronounced like ess with a clear vowel
• fàcil is stressed on the first syllable: FÀ-cil

Pronunciation varies somewhat by dialect, but that stress pattern is the key thing to notice.

In the singular, fàcil stays the same for both masculine and feminine.

So you can say:

• un llibre fàcil = an easy book
• una manera fàcil = an easy way

In the plural, it becomes fàcils:

• llibres fàcils
• maneres fàcils

So it does change for number, but not for gender in the singular.

Because aquesta already determines the noun.

In Catalan, a demonstrative like aquesta usually goes directly before the noun without an article:

• aquesta manera
• aquest llibre

That works like English this way or this book. You do not normally add la here in standard usage.

Yes. Aquesta manera és fàcil follows a very normal Catalan pattern:

demonstrative + noun + verb + adjective

So:

• Aquesta manera = subject
• és = verb
• fàcil = predicate adjective

This is very similar to English word order in This way is easy.

Yes. You would make the noun, demonstrative, and adjective plural:

• Aquestes maneres són fàcils.

That means These ways are easy.

Notice the changes:

• aquesta → aquestes
• manera → maneres
• és → són
• fàcil → fàcils

You put no before the verb:

• Aquesta manera no és fàcil.

That means This way is not easy.

This is the normal way to make a basic statement negative in Catalan.