"Are you in a cafe?"

Translation: Ви у кафе?

[Ektoraskan]

Hello!

This came up as a multiple-choice question. I chose Ви у кафе? but apparently there was an alternative answer: "ви в цвому кафе?" - But I didn't know what it meant, so it marked it wrong. :/

Please, what does в цвому mean?

[SergioRuido]

.. in this cafe. (should be в цьому кафе)

[iyugov]

The question uses indefinite article. It is about any cafe, not that or this, right?
In other courses, using indef. art. instead of def. art (and vice versa) is considered a mistake.

[SergioRuido]

Well, we don't have a context on DL. Translating ENG-UKR. is pretty clear. But when you go UKR-ENG could be both, depending on the context.

[Ektoraskan]

Oh thank you! (Sorry for the typo! I tried to type it from memory! :-])

Is it a form of це?

[vfurmanov]

Yes, цьому is the masculine/neuter, locative form of the pronoun це.

Here is a table.

I think I've seen you in the Turkish course so I'm guessing you know what locative means :)

[Ektoraskan]

Cool! Thank you so much for that table!

(Yes, I'm one of the contributors of the Turkish course^^)

So: в + locative is "in/at/on". There is also (цім) in parentheses. Does that mean I can also say: Ми в цім кафе (we are at this café) ?

[vfurmanov]

цьому sounds more natural to me so I'd use that, but Ukrainian also isn't my native language so I don't want to lead you astray!

[Ektoraskan]

Got it! Much obliged! Thank you so much!

[RainbowVomit911]

Yes, you can.

[SergioRuido]

Yes. Locative case of ЦЕ.

[Alex10730]

Але у реченні використовується 'a' ("Are you in a cafe?'). Якщо я правильно розумію 'a' значить що мається на увазі будь-яке кафе і це на мою думку не дуже в'яжеться з '... в цьому кафе?'. Чи я щось неправільно розумію?

[jwcook56]

Так, "а" має на увазі будь-яке, а "в цьому", це більш конкретно "in this". "ви у кафе" може означати "Are you in the cafe" або "Are you in a cafe". "The" це типа коли ви обидва знаєте про це кафе і це білшь конкретно. а "This" я б сказав що це навіть білше конкретно ніж "The". Коли ви вказуєте це кафе комусь чи щось таке.

[GeneM.]

I added Є at the beginning of the sentence but it didn't take. Isn't this technically correct?

[RainbowVomit911]

I highly doubt if it is even technically correct. Word order is rarely changed in Ukrainian, and it is not the case where the reverse is applicable.

[rusag]

Є means "to be" - it's an auxiliary verb in English, but Ukranian it is used way less frequently. In this sentence, you can't add it.

[robertSK3]

Is there a big different between "Ті" and "Ти"?

[skstudio]

"Ті" is "those" and "ти" is "you" (singular). "і" and "и" also denote different sounds.