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Bu kafede kahve içiyoruz.

Bu kafede kahve içiyoruz.
We're drinking coffee in this café.
From Lesson 36:From or out of (-dan / -den)·Turkish

Breakdown of Bu kafede kahve içiyoruz.

bu
this
kahve
coffee
içmek
to drink
kafe
café

Questions & Answers about Bu kafede kahve içiyoruz.

Since we are learning the -den (from) suffix, why does this use kafede instead of kafeden?
The suffix -de means "in" or "at", showing where the action is happening. If you used the ablative suffix -den to make kafeden, it would mean "from the café" (for example, walking away from the café). Because we are actively sitting inside the location, we use the locative suffix -de.
Why is the word for coffee just kahve instead of kahveyi?
We use the plain form kahve because we are talking about drinking coffee in general. If you were drinking a specific, previously mentioned cup of coffee and wanted to say "We are drinking THE coffee", you would add the specific object suffix and say kahveyi.
What is the word order doing here? Why does bu kafede come before kahve?
In Turkish, the standard sentence structure is Subject - Time/Place - Object - Verb. So the location (bu kafede) naturally goes before the direct object (kahve), and the verb (içiyoruz) is placed at the very end of the sentence.
How is the verb içiyoruz built?
It is made of three parts: the verb root iç (drink), the present continuous suffix -iyor (which acts like "-ing" in English), and the personal ending -uz which means "we". Put together, iç-iyor-uz becomes "we are drinking".

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