Магазин зачинений, тому ми йдемо в кафе.

In Ukrainian, the verb to be is usually omitted in the present tense.

So:

Магазин зачинений
literally looks like Store closed, but it means The store is closed.

This is completely normal. Ukrainian only uses forms of бути more clearly in the past or future, or when extra emphasis is needed.

Зачинений is a predicate adjective / participial adjective meaning closed.

It agrees with магазин, which is:

• masculine
• singular
• nominative

So the form is masculine singular: зачинений.

You can think of it as describing the store’s state: the store is closed.

Yes, but the feel is a little different.

• Магазин зачинений = The store is closed; it describes the store’s condition.
• Зачинено is also very common, especially on signs, and feels more impersonal, like Closed.

So on a shop door, you will very often just see Зачинено.

Here тому means so, therefore, or that’s why.

So:

Магазин зачинений, тому ми йдемо в кафе.
= The store is closed, so we’re going to a café.

It connects the first idea to the result in the second idea.

No.

• тому = so / therefore / that’s why
• тому що = because

Compare:

• Магазин зачинений, тому ми йдемо в кафе.
  = The store is closed, so we’re going to a café.

• Ми йдемо в кафе, тому що магазин зачинений.
  = We’re going to a café because the store is closed.

This is a very common point of confusion for learners.

Because the sentence has two clauses:

• Магазин зачинений
• ми йдемо в кафе

The word тому connects them, and in standard Ukrainian a comma is used here.

So the punctuation is normal and expected: Магазин зачинений, тому ми йдемо в кафе.

Both йдемо and ідемо are correct.

They come from two variant infinitives:

• йти
• іти

So you may hear or see:

• ми йдемо
• ми ідемо

Both mean we are going. In modern usage, йти / йдемо is very common.

This is an important verb pair.

• йти = to go in one direction, usually right now or on one specific occasion
• ходити = to go habitually, repeatedly, or in different directions

So:

• Ми йдемо в кафе. = We’re going to a café now.
• Ми ходимо в кафе. = We go to cafés / We go to a café regularly.

In this sentence, йдемо is used because it is a specific trip.

Because Ukrainian present tense often covers both:

• simple present
• present continuous

So ми йдемо can mean:

• we go
• we are going

The context tells you which one is meant. In this sentence, because of the situation, the natural meaning is we are going or we’re off to a café.

Both can be possible in some contexts, but they are not exactly the same.

• йти в кафе = go to a café / into a café as your destination
• йти до кафе = go toward the café / up to the café

In everyday Ukrainian, when you mean go to a café to spend time there, в кафе is the most natural choice.

So ми йдемо в кафе means we’re going to a café.

After в with motion toward a destination, Ukrainian normally uses the accusative case.

So in в кафе, кафе is functioning as an accusative.

However, кафе is an indeclinable noun, so its form does not change. It looks the same in different cases.

That is why you see:

• кафе
• still кафе

В and у are often just euphonic variants in Ukrainian. The choice usually depends on which one sounds smoother.

So both of these are possible:

• ми йдемо в кафе
• ми йдемо у кафе

In this sentence, в кафе is perfectly natural. Ukrainian often switches between в and у to avoid awkward sound combinations.

Yes. Ukrainian word order is fairly flexible, although the neutral version here is:

Магазин зачинений, тому ми йдемо в кафе.

You could change the order for emphasis, for example:

Тому ми йдемо в кафе, бо магазин зачинений.

But the original version sounds natural and straightforward. English speakers often expect one fixed order, but Ukrainian allows more movement when the meaning is still clear from grammar and context.