В этом кафе можно заказать и чай, и кофе.

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Breakdown of В этом кафе можно заказать и чай, и кофе.

• чай: the tea
• кофе: the coffee
• кафе: the cafe

Questions & Answers about В этом кафе можно заказать и чай, и кофе.

Why is it в этом кафе, not в это кафе?

Because в этом кафе means in this café as a location, not motion.

Russian uses different cases after в depending on meaning:

• в + accusative = motion into something
  
  • в это кафе = into this café
• в + prepositional = location inside something
  
  • в этом кафе = in this café

Here the sentence is about what can be ordered at/in the café, so Russian uses the prepositional case.

A useful detail: кафе is an indeclinable noun, so its form does not change. The case is shown by этом.

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Why doesn’t кафе change its ending here?

Because кафе is an indeclinable noun in Russian.

That means it keeps the same form in all cases:

• это кафе
• в этом кафе
• из этого кафе

Even though the noun itself stays кафе, the words around it still show the grammar. In this sentence, этом tells you that the phrase is in the prepositional case.

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What does можно mean here?

means something like: