W tej kawiarni jest duży hałas, ale i tak podoba mi się jej klimat.

There is a lot of noise in this café, but I still like its atmosphere.

Breakdown of W tej kawiarni jest duży hałas, ale i tak podoba mi się jej klimat.

• być: to be
• duży: big
• w: in
• ale: but

Questions & Answers about W tej kawiarni jest duży hałas, ale i tak podoba mi się jej klimat.

Why is it w tej kawiarni and not w ta kawiarnia?

In Polish, most prepositions (including w = in) require a specific grammatical case.

• w + locative case is the standard pattern for location: w + [locative].
• The basic (dictionary) form is ta kawiarnia (nominative, feminine).
• The locative forms are:
  • ta → tej
  • kawiarnia → kawiarni

So:

• ta kawiarnia (this café) – nominative
• w tej kawiarni (in this café) – locative after w

Using w ta kawiarnia would be ungrammatical because both ta and kawiarnia must change to the locative after w.

Why is it kawiarni and not just kawiarnia?

Kawiarnia is a feminine noun:

• Nominative (dictionary form): kawiarnia
• Locative (after w, na, etc.): kawiarni

Because the sentence says in this café, we need the locative case:

• (Gdzie?) W tej kawiarni – Where? In this café.

If you were talking about the café as a subject, you’d use the nominative:

• Ta kawiarnia jest głośna. – This café is noisy.