eki mae no kafe de sukosi yasunde ikimasu.

駅前 is a very common compound noun meaning the area in front of the station or the station-front area.

So:

• 駅前のカフェ = a cafe in the station-front area
• 駅の前のカフェ = a cafe directly in front of the station

Both can be translated similarly in English, but 駅前 often sounds more like a named area or general location, while 駅の前 is more literally in front of the station.

Here, の links two nouns and lets the first noun describe the second one.

So:

• 駅前 = station-front area
• カフェ = cafe
• 駅前のカフェ = the cafe by the station / the cafe in front of the station

You can think of の here as turning 駅前 into a modifier for カフェ.

で marks the place where an action happens.

In this sentence, the action is 休んでいきます, so カフェで means at the cafe or in the cafe.

Compare:

• カフェで休む = rest at the cafe
• カフェに行く = go to the cafe

So で is used because the cafe is the location of the resting, not the destination of go.

少し literally means a little, but with actions like rest, it often means for a bit or for a short while.

So in this sentence, it does not mean the speaker will do a tiny amount of resting in some mathematical sense. It simply means they will rest briefly.

You can think of it as:

• 少し休む = rest a little
• more natural English: rest for a bit

休んで is the て-form of 休む.

休む is a verb ending in -む, and verbs ending in -む, -ぶ, and -ぬ change to -んで in the て-form.

For example:

• 休む → 休んで
• 読む → 読んで
• 遊ぶ → 遊んで

The て-form is used to connect verbs to other expressions, and here it connects rest to いきます.

This is て-form + いく.

In this sentence, it means something like:

• rest and then go
• stop and rest before going on
• rest a bit on the way

So the speaker is not just saying I will rest. They are saying they will rest first, and then continue onward.

This pattern often gives the feeling that one action happens before moving on from the current place or situation.

It is doing both, in a way.

Originally, いく means to go, but after the て-form, it often works like an auxiliary expression with a special nuance.

So 休んでいきます is not just a simple sequence of two completely separate verbs. It is a set pattern meaning to do something and then go on.

That is why the whole expression feels more natural than translating it word-for-word as rest and go.

Also, when いく is used this way, it is very often written in hiragana as いく / いきます rather than 行く / 行きます.

Japanese often leaves out the subject when it is understood from context.

So this sentence could mean:

• I’ll rest a bit at the cafe by the station before going on
• We’ll rest a bit at the cafe by the station before going on

The exact subject depends on the situation. In isolation, English learners often supply I, because that is a common default when someone states their own plan.

Japanese -ます forms are technically non-past, so they can refer to the present or the future depending on context.

In this sentence, it is most naturally understood as future or intended action:

• I’ll rest a bit at the cafe by the station and then go on

So even though Japanese does not have a separate future tense form here, the meaning is future because of the situation and the verb combination.

Yes, both are possible.

• 休んでいきます is very common when いく is functioning as an auxiliary-like expression after the て-form
• 休んで行きます can also be written, especially if the writer wants to keep the sense of literal movement go

In everyday writing, hiragana is very common in this pattern, so 休んでいきます looks natural and standard.