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Hoje é sexta-feira e estamos muito cansados.

Hoje é sexta-feira e estamos muito cansados.
Today is Friday and we are very tired.
From Lesson 22:Days of the week (segunda-feira)·Portuguese (Portugal)

Questions & Answers about Hoje é sexta-feira e estamos muito cansados.

Why does sexta-feira have the word feira attached to it?
In Portuguese, weekdays from Monday to Friday end with -feira, which originally meant 'market' or 'fair'. Sexta-feira literally means 'sixth fair'. You will often hear Portuguese people drop the -feira in casual conversation and just say sexta.
This sentence uses both é and estamos, which both translate to 'is' or 'are'. Why?
Portuguese has two verbs for 'to be'. We use é (from the verb ser) for permanent things or basic facts, like the day of the week. We use estamos (from the verb estar) for temporary states or conditions, like feeling tired right now.
Do I need to put 'the' before the day, like a sexta-feira?
Not when saying what day today is! After Hoje é... (Today is...), we don't use the word for 'the' (o or a). It is just Hoje é sexta-feira. However, if you wanted to say 'on Friday', you would use the article and say na sexta-feira.
Why does the word for tired (cansados) end in -os here?
Because describing words (adjectives) have to match the people they describe. Estamos means 'we are', meaning more than one person is tired. This makes it plural, which adds an -s. The -os ending tells us the group is either all male or a mix of men and women. If it were a group of only women, it would be cansadas.

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