Breakdown of Την άλλη εβδομάδα δεν έχουμε μάθημα ελληνικών.
έχω
to have
δεν
not
ελληνικός
Greek
το μάθημα
the lesson
Questions & Answers about Την άλλη εβδομάδα δεν έχουμε μάθημα ελληνικών.
Why does the sentence start with Την άλλη εβδομάδα and not something like Η άλλη εβδομάδα?
Την άλλη εβδομάδα is in the accusative case, because time expressions like “next week” are often put in the accusative in Greek when they answer “when?” (time when something happens).
- εβδομάδα = week (feminine noun)
- Feminine accusative singular takes the article την
- So: η άλλη εβδομάδα (nominative – “the other/next week” as subject)
- But: την άλλη εβδομάδα (accusative – “next week” as a time expression)
You can think of it roughly as “(during) next week we don’t have Greek class,” and that “during” is understood, so Greek uses the accusative.
What exactly does άλλη mean here? Is it literally “other week” or “next week”? What about επόμενη εβδομάδα?
Literally, άλλη means “other”.
However, in time expressions, Την άλλη εβδομάδα is the standard, everyday way to say “next week” in spoken Greek.
- Την άλλη εβδομάδα = next week (very common, colloquial and neutral)
- Την επόμενη εβδομάδα = the next week / the following week (a bit more formal or “bookish”, but also correct)
In most everyday contexts, άλλη and επόμενη here mean the same thing for “next week”, but άλλη is more idiomatic in speech.