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Greek often uses the accusative case of time without a preposition to say when something happens.
- Αυτή τη βδομάδα = this week (during this week).
- All three words (Αυτή, τη, βδομάδα) are feminine singular accusative, agreeing with the noun βδομάδα.
You could add a preposition and say μέσα σε αυτή τη βδομάδα (within this week), but the simple accusative αυτή τη βδομάδα is the normal way to say this week as a time expression.
The full form is την βδομάδα (feminine accusative singular article), but in modern spelling and speech the final -ν is often dropped before certain consonants.
Current standard rule: keep the final -ν of την / στην / μην mainly before:
- vowels
- π, μπ, τ, ντ, κ, γκ, ξ, ψ
Since βδομάδα starts with β, many people write and say τη βδομάδα. Writing την βδομάδα is not wrong, just a bit more careful/formal; τη βδομάδα is more common.