Next Week and the like

Question

If you want to say next week is it la proxima semana or la semana proxima?

and for things lyk el pasado agosto is it the same or different?

any ideas would be helpful

Answer 1

La semana próxima
la semana que viene
la próxim asemana....

todos correctos.

Answer 2

thanks heaps

Answer 3

Spanish word order is flexible, as opposed to English.
In English the word order is subject + predicate

Answer 4

cheers for all the info

Answer 5

Something similar to la proxima semana is:

la semana que viene or in English this coming week.

similarly for this past October
el otoño del año pasado in English October of last year

Answer 6

Next week means La proxima semana, y El pasado Agosoto refers to the las August on the year, even last year
Example: today is Oct 19 /2008 el pasado agosto is August 2008 or el pasado octubre is October 2007