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Es una semana muy difícil.

Es una semana muy difícil.
It is a very difficult week.
From Lesson 44:Days of the week (el lunes, el martes)·Spanish (Spain)

Questions & Answers about Es una semana muy difícil.

Why is there no word for "It" at the beginning of the sentence?
In Spanish, the word for "it" as a subject is almost always left out. The verb es on its own means "it is" in this context.
Why do we use es instead of está for a specific week?
Even though a week is a temporary period of time, we use es (from the verb ser) because we are describing the week's characteristics. When you describe what an event or time period is like, you always use ser.
Does the adjective difícil change if the noun is feminine?
No. Adjectives that end in a consonant, like difícil (difficult) or fácil (easy), have the exact same form for both masculine and feminine nouns. We use difícil here for the feminine noun semana, and it would stay exactly the same for a masculine noun like mes (month).
Why does muy difícil come after semana?
In Spanish, adjectives that describe a noun usually come right after it. So instead of saying "a very difficult week" like in English, the Spanish word order is literally "a week very difficult" (una semana muy difícil).

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