Αυτή την εβδομάδα είμαι πολύ πιεσμένος, αλλά προσπαθώ να είμαι ήρεμος.

Αυτή means this, την is the in the feminine accusative singular, and εβδομάδα means week.

So the phrase is literally something like this the week, which is a normal Greek pattern with demonstratives:

• αυτή η εβδομάδα = this week as the subject
• αυτή την εβδομάδα = this week in a time expression

Greek often uses the article together with words like this and that.

Because Greek often uses the accusative for expressions of time, especially when meaning during, this, next, last, etc.

So:

• αυτή την εβδομάδα = this week
• την επόμενη εβδομάδα = next week
• την περασμένη εβδομάδα = last week

There is no preposition here, but the accusative marks the time expression.

In Modern Greek, the feminine accusative singular of αυτός can appear as either:

• αυτή
• αυτήν

In everyday language, the final -ν is often dropped unless needed for pronunciation or formality. So αυτή την εβδομάδα is completely normal.

You may also see αυτήν την εβδομάδα, which is a bit more formal or careful.

Greek usually does not need the subject pronoun because the verb ending already shows who the subject is.

• είμαι = I am
• προσπαθώ = I try / I am trying

So εγώ is unnecessary unless you want emphasis or contrast:

• Εγώ είμαι πολύ πιεσμένος = I’m the one who is very stressed

This is very common in Greek.

Here πιεσμένος means stressed, under pressure, or pressed for time.

It comes from the verb πιέζω = to pressure / to press. So the literal idea is pressured.

In this sentence, είμαι πολύ πιεσμένος does not mean physically pressed; it means the speaker feels mental or practical pressure.

Yes. Both are masculine singular adjective forms, so the speaker is presented as male.

• πιεσμένος = masculine singular
• ήρεμος = masculine singular

If the speaker were female, you would say:

• είμαι πολύ πιεσμένη, αλλά προσπαθώ να είμαι ήρεμη

So Greek adjectives usually agree with the person they describe in gender, number, and case.

Here πολύ means very, so it is functioning as an adverb, modifying the adjective πιεσμένος.

• πολύ πιεσμένος = very stressed

Greek πολύ can correspond to English much, many, or very, depending on context.

Here it is not describing a noun; it is intensifying an adjective.

Greek does not use an infinitive the way English does. Instead of I try to be calm, Greek says:

• προσπαθώ να είμαι ήρεμος

The pattern is:

• προσπαθώ = I try
• να = particle introducing the dependent verb
• είμαι = I be / to be in this structure

So να is essential. It introduces the verb that follows προσπαθώ.

This is one of the most important Greek patterns:

• θέλω να πάω = I want to go
• μπορώ να έρθω = I can come
• προσπαθώ να είμαι ήρεμος = I try to be calm

No. Greek needs the verb είμαι here.

English can say to be calm, and Greek must also explicitly include to be in its own way:

• προσπαθώ να είμαι ήρεμος = correct
• προσπαθώ να ήρεμος = incorrect

Because ήρεμος is an adjective, Greek needs the linking verb είμαι to connect it to the subject.

Both verbs are in the present tense:

• είμαι = I am
• προσπαθώ = I try / I am trying

In this sentence, the present tense describes a current situation:

• This week, I am very stressed
• but I am trying to stay calm

The time phrase αυτή την εβδομάδα makes it clear that this is temporary and specific to the current week.

Yes, Greek word order is fairly flexible.

The original sentence is very natural:

• Αυτή την εβδομάδα είμαι πολύ πιεσμένος, αλλά προσπαθώ να είμαι ήρεμος.

But you could also say:

• Είμαι πολύ πιεσμένος αυτή την εβδομάδα, αλλά προσπαθώ να είμαι ήρεμος.

Both are natural. Putting Αυτή την εβδομάδα first gives it a little more emphasis, as in This week, ...

Mostly yes. ήρεμος means calm, peaceful, or composed.

In this sentence, προσπαθώ να είμαι ήρεμος means the speaker is trying not to let the pressure affect them emotionally.

Depending on context, it can suggest:

• staying calm
• staying relaxed
• keeping your composure

Because αλλά means but, and Greek normally separates two linked clauses like this with a comma:

• είμαι πολύ πιεσμένος
• αλλά προσπαθώ να είμαι ήρεμος

So the comma works much like it often does in English before but.

Only the adjectives need to change to feminine:

• Αυτή την εβδομάδα είμαι πολύ πιεσμένη, αλλά προσπαθώ να είμαι ήρεμη.

Changes:

• πιεσμένος → πιεσμένη
• ήρεμος → ήρεμη

The verbs stay the same:

• είμαι
• προσπαθώ

Yes, depending on context. Πιεσμένος often suggests more than simple busyness. It usually means:

• under pressure
• stressed
• overloaded
• pressed for time

So it can include the idea of being busy, but it is stronger than just busy. It suggests pressure, not only activity.