hiru ni eki mae no kafe de tomodati to hanasimasu

No. Standard Japanese is usually written without spaces:

昼に駅前のカフェで友達と話します。

Spaces are often added in textbooks or beginner materials to make the parts of the sentence easier to see.

昼 means noon, daytime, or sometimes lunchtime, depending on context.

The particle に marks a specific time when something happens, so 昼に means something like:

• at noon
• during the day
• at lunchtime

In beginner sentences, に is often used with time expressions to show when the action happens.

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

• 駅 = station
• 前 = front

So 駅前 works almost like a single place word: station-front area.

By contrast, 駅の前 means more literally in front of the station.
That can sound more exact, while 駅前 often refers to the general area around the station.

The particle の connects nouns and lets one noun describe another.

So:

• 駅前 = area in front of the station
• 駅前のカフェ = the café in front of the station / the café near the station

You can think of の here as something like:

• 's
• of
• or just a linking word that turns one noun into a modifier

It is very common in Japanese noun phrases.

The particle で marks the place where an action happens.

So:

• カフェで話します = talk at/in a café

This is different from に, which often marks:

• a destination
• a specific time
• a location of existence with verbs like います and あります

Since 話します is an action, で is the natural particle for the place.

Here と means with.

So:

• 友達と話します = talk with a friend / talk to a friend

With verbs of interaction like 話す, と often marks the other person involved in the conversation.

A learner might also see 友達に話します, but that can feel more like speak to a friend or sometimes tell a friend something.
In a simple sentence about having a conversation together, と is very natural.

話します is the polite non-past form of 話す.

It can mean:

• I talk
• I will talk
• I talk habitually

depending on context.

Japanese often uses the non-past form for a future or planned action if the time is already clear. Since the sentence includes 昼に, it can naturally mean something like I’ll talk with a friend at a café near the station at noon.

話しています would emphasize an action in progress: am talking.

The subject is omitted. This is extremely common in Japanese.

If the full sentence needed a subject, it could be something like:

• 私は昼に駅前のカフェで友達と話します。

But Japanese often leaves out words that are understood from context. So the subject could be:

• I
• we
• sometimes even he/she, depending on the situation

In many beginner translations, it is rendered as I unless context says otherwise.

Because Japanese often leaves out the topic or subject when it is already understood.

If you wanted to make the topic explicit, you could say:

• 私は昼に駅前のカフェで友達と話します。

Here:

• は marks the topic
• が would mark the subject more directly in certain contexts

But in a simple standalone sentence, leaving them out is perfectly natural if the speaker is understood.

Japanese word order is more flexible than English, as long as the particles stay attached to the right words.

For example, these are all possible:

• 昼に駅前のカフェで友達と話します。
• 駅前のカフェで昼に友達と話します。
• 友達と昼に駅前のカフェで話します。

The core meaning stays mostly the same because the particles show each part’s role:

• に = time
• で = place of action
• と = with whom

That said, some orders sound more natural than others depending on emphasis.

By itself, 友達 can mean friend or friends depending on context.

Japanese nouns usually do not change form for singular vs. plural the way English nouns do.

So 友達と話します could mean:

• talk with a friend
• talk with friends

If the context or translation gives a singular meaning, that is just the most likely interpretation there.

It is read:

ひる に えきまえ の カフェ で ともだち と はなします

A few key readings:

• 昼 = ひる
• 駅前 = えきまえ
• 友達 = ともだち
• 話します = はなします

Note that 話します comes from the dictionary form 話す.

Yes, a little.

• カフェ is a loanword from café and often sounds more modern or Western-style.
• 喫茶店 is a more traditional Japanese word for a coffee shop or tearoom.

In many situations they can be translated similarly, but the nuance can be slightly different.

In this sentence, カフェ simply means a café/coffee shop.