У цій маленькій пекарні нема де сісти, тому ми беремо батон і йдемо додому.

It is the locative case, because у here means in/at a place.

All three words agree with each other in feminine singular locative:

• ця → цій
• маленька → маленькій
• пекарня → пекарні

So:

• у цій маленькій пекарні = in this small bakery

This is a very common pattern in Ukrainian after у / в when talking about location.

Both у and в can mean in/at. Ukrainian often switches between them for euphony: whichever sounds smoother in context.

At the start of this sentence, У цій... sounds natural and easy to pronounce. You could also hear В цій... in some contexts, but у is very normal here.

This same sound-smoothing principle also explains alternations like і / й in Ukrainian.

Yes. Нема is a shortened form of немає, and both mean there is not / there isn’t / there are no.

So:

• нема де сісти
• немає де сісти

Both are correct. Нема is very common in everyday speech and sounds natural here.

Literally, it is something like:

• there is no place where [one can] sit
• more naturally: there’s nowhere to sit

Breakdown:

• нема = there isn’t / there is no
• де = where
• сісти = to sit down / take a seat

This Ukrainian pattern is very common:

• нема що їсти = there’s nothing to eat
• нема куди йти = there’s nowhere to go
• нема з ким поговорити = there’s no one to talk to

So нема + question word + infinitive is a useful structure to learn.

Because сісти means to sit down / take a seat, while сидіти means to be sitting.

Here the idea is not there is nowhere to be sitting, but rather there is nowhere to sit down or nowhere to take a seat. So сісти is the natural choice.

This is an aspect-related difference too:

• сісти = perfective, one completed action of sitting down
• сидіти = imperfective, the ongoing state of sitting

Here тому means so / therefore / that’s why.

So:

• ..., тому ми беремо батон і йдемо додому.
• ..., so we take a loaf and go home.

It does not mean because by itself here.

Compare:

• тому = therefore / so
• тому що = because

So if you said тому що, that would change the structure and meaning.

Yes, Ukrainian could leave it out.

The verbs already show the subject:

• беремо = we take
• йдемо = we go / we’re going

So ми is not strictly necessary. You could say:

• ...тому беремо батон і йдемо додому.

That would still clearly mean we take a loaf and go home.

Including ми can add a bit of clarity, contrast, or emphasis, but it is not required.

Because Ukrainian often uses the present tense for:

• actions happening right now
• a live narration of what happens next
• a habitual or typical situation

So ми беремо батон і йдемо додому can mean something like:

• we take a loaf and go home
• we’re taking a loaf and going home

English often chooses between simple present and present continuous, but Ukrainian present tense can cover both ideas depending on context.

Because it is the direct object of беремо.

After an affirmative transitive verb like беремо, the direct object normally goes in the accusative case.

Here, though, батон is an inanimate masculine singular noun, and for that group the accusative looks the same as the nominative.

So:

• nominative: батон
• accusative: батон

That is why the form does not change.

No. Ukrainian батон is a bread word.

It usually means a loaf, especially a long white loaf. In many contexts, it refers to the common everyday kind of white bread loaf.

So in this sentence:

• беремо батон = we take/buy a loaf of bread

It is not the English baton as in a stick carried by a conductor or police officer.

Додому is a very common adverb meaning home / to home / homeward after verbs of motion.

So:

• йдемо додому = we’re going home

You may also see до дому, which is more literally to the house/home, but додому is the standard, idiomatic choice when talking about going home.

Compare:

• іти додому = to go home
• повертатися додому = to return home

Yes. Both forms exist:

• йдемо
• ідемо

Likewise, the infinitive may appear as:

• йти
• іти

In modern Ukrainian, both are used, though one may sound more natural than the other depending on style, region, or surrounding sounds.

In your sentence, йдемо sounds perfectly natural.

It can mean both, depending on context.

Пекарня can refer to:

• a bakery as a place where bread is baked
• a bakery shop
• sometimes a small bakery-café type place

In this sentence, because we have нема де сісти, it suggests a small bakery that customers enter, but that does not really have seating. So English bakery is the best translation here.