Vor der Vorstellung trinken wir im Café einen Kaffee.

Before the performance we have a coffee in the café.

Breakdown of Vor der Vorstellung trinken wir im Café einen Kaffee.

• trinken: to drink
• wir: we
• der Kaffee: the coffee
• das Café: the café

Questions & Answers about Vor der Vorstellung trinken wir im Café einen Kaffee.

Is this sentence a statement or a question? Why does the verb come before wir?

It is a statement, not a question.

In German main clauses the finite verb must be in second position (the famous Verb-second or V2 rule). “Second” means “second element,” not second word.

• Vor der Vorstellung = first element (a time phrase)
• trinken = second element (the verb)
• wir = third element (the subject)

So the word order Vor der Vorstellung trinken wir … is a normal declarative word order: adverbial in first position, verb second, subject later.

A yes–no question would start with the verb:

• Trinken wir vor der Vorstellung im Café einen Kaffee?
  (Verb is in first position = clear question)

So:

• Verb first → question
• Verb second (after some other element) → normal statement

Could the sentence start with Wir instead of Vor der Vorstellung?