Η φίλη μου είναι κι αυτή πιεσμένη αυτή την εβδομάδα, αλλά αντιμετωπίζει τα προβλήματα πιο ήρεμα από εμένα.

Η φίλη μου means my friend referring to a female friend.

• η = the feminine singular definite article
• φίλη = female friend
• μου = my

So Greek is literally saying the friend my. That is the normal way possessives work in everyday Greek: the possessive word usually comes after the noun.

In Greek, unstressed possessive forms like μου, σου, του, της, μας, σας, τους normally come after the noun:

• η φίλη μου = my friend
• το σπίτι μας = our house

This is one of the most basic word-order differences from English. Greek usually does not say the equivalent of my friend with the possessive first, unless you use a more emphatic structure such as η δική μου φίλη.

The two αυτή words do different jobs.

1. κι αυτή = she too / she also

   • Here αυτή is a pronoun.

2. αυτή την εβδομάδα = this week

   • Here αυτή is a demonstrative meaning this.

So even though the form is the same, the function is different:

• first one: she
• second one: this

Κι is a shortened form of και.

In this sentence:

• κι αυτή = and she too / she too / also she

Greek often uses κι instead of και, especially before a vowel and in natural flowing speech. The meaning is basically the same here.

So:

• και αυτή
• κι αυτή

Both are possible, but κι αυτή sounds very natural.

Here κι αυτή means she too, she as well, or also she.

It adds the idea that someone else is already in the same situation. So the sentence is saying that your friend is also under pressure.

The important point is that αυτή is included for emphasis. Greek often drops subject pronouns, but here the speaker wants to stress that she too is in that situation.

Πιεσμένη is the feminine singular form of the adjective/participle πιεσμένος, meaning stressed, under pressure, or pressed.

It has to agree with η φίλη because it describes her.

Agreement here is:

• φίλη = feminine singular
• so the describing word must also be feminine singular
• therefore: πιεσμένη

Compare:

• ο φίλος μου είναι πιεσμένος = my male friend is stressed
• η φίλη μου είναι πιεσμένη = my female friend is stressed

Αυτή την εβδομάδα means this week.

Greek often uses the accusative for expressions of time without a preposition. So the phrase is literally something like this week as a time expression.

Breakdown:

• αυτή = this (feminine accusative singular)
• την = the (feminine accusative singular article)
• εβδομάδα = week (feminine accusative singular)

This is a very common pattern:

• αυτή τη μέρα = this day / today in that context
• αυτή την ώρα = at this time / now
• αυτή την εβδομάδα = this week

Because Greek commonly uses the accusative by itself for time expressions.

English often says:

• this week
• last year
• every day

Greek does something similar. So no preposition is needed.

That is why you get:

• αυτή την εβδομάδα = this week

not something like σε αυτή την εβδομάδα in this sentence.

Αντιμετωπίζει is the 3rd person singular present form of αντιμετωπίζω.

So it means:

• he/she/it deals with
• he/she/it faces
• he/she/it handles

In this sentence, the subject is still η φίλη μου, so:

• αντιμετωπίζει = she deals with / she handles

Because Greek verb endings already show the person and number, Greek does not need to repeat she.

Τα προβλήματα is the direct object of αντιμετωπίζει.

• τα = the (neuter plural)
• προβλήματα = problems (neuter plural)

The singular is:

• το πρόβλημα = the problem

The plural is:

• τα προβλήματα = the problems

So the verb is acting on the problems.

Because ήρεμα is functioning as an adverb here, not as an adjective.

The sentence is describing how she handles the problems:

• she handles them more calmly

So Greek uses:

• πιο ήρεμα = more calmly

If you used ήρεμη, that would be a feminine adjective meaning calm, describing a woman or girl, not describing the manner of the action.

Compare:

• Είναι ήρεμη. = She is calm.
  (ήρεμη = adjective)
• Μιλάει ήρεμα. = She speaks calmly.
  (ήρεμα = adverb)

That is exactly what is happening in your sentence.

Greek often makes comparisons with:

• πιο = more
• adjective or adverb
• από = than

So:

• πιο ήρεμα = more calmly
• από εμένα = than me

Together:

• πιο ήρεμα από εμένα = more calmly than me / more calmly than I do

In natural English, we often translate this more smoothly as:

• more calmly than I do

Even though Greek literally says than me, the intended meaning is about the way each person handles the problems.

Greek uses από for this kind of comparison.

So the structure is:

• πιο ... από ... = more ... than ...

With pronouns, Greek uses the strong form after από:

• από εμένα = than me
• από σένα = than you
• από αυτόν/αυτήν = than him/her

You will also very often hear the shorter spoken form:

• από μένα instead of από εμένα

Both are correct; από μένα is especially common in everyday speech.

Because Greek is a pro-drop language: the verb ending usually makes the subject clear.

So:

• αντιμετωπίζει already means he/she deals with

Greek only adds an explicit pronoun when it wants emphasis, contrast, or clarity.

In this sentence, the emphasis appears earlier in κι αυτή (she too). After that, Greek can continue with just the verb:

• αλλά αντιμετωπίζει... = but she handles...

That is completely natural Greek.