Im Cafe ist nur noch ''wenig'' Platz
Im Cafe ist nur noch ''wenig'' Platz

'wenig Platz' is nominative(becasue sein is the verb of the sentence)
without definite article, Platz is masculine noun.
So 'wenig' should have '-er' in the ending.
(That what normally adjective gets without definite article in front of masculine noun)
So I think it should be 'weniger Platz', although I myself feel it's awkward.

Could anyone tell me why that sentence is ignoring the rule about ending of adjective??

+) Wie viel Zeit habt ihr.
Also this sentence. accusative and feminine. But why not viele?

Question

Im Cafe ist nur noch ''wenig'' Platz
Im Cafe ist nur noch ''wenig'' Platz

'wenig Platz' is nominative(becasue sein is the verb of the sentence)
without definite article, Platz is masculine noun.
So 'wenig' should have '-er' in the ending. 
(That what normally adjective gets without definite article in front of masculine noun)
So I think it should be 'weniger Platz', although I myself feel it's awkward.

Could anyone tell me why that sentence is ignoring the rule about ending of adjective??

+) Wie viel Zeit habt ihr. 
Also this sentence. accusative and feminine. But why not viele?

Answer

It's an exception. "Viel" and "wenig" have a special declination when they accompany uncountable nouns in the singular, without endings in nominative and accusative.

→ https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deutsche_Deklination#Unregelm.C3.A4.C3.9Fige_Adjektive

Answer

You're right, but this is just one of those things: when there is NO article at all, "viel" and "wenig" are always used without ending before masculine nouns in the nominative (and usually also in the accusative).
Duden Grammatik, S. 278
E.g.: "Wo viel Licht (Nom.) ist, da ist auch viel Schatten (Nom.)", "Er hat viel Kummer (Acc.) gehabt", "Sie hat nicht viel Dank (Acc.) für ihre Bemühungen bekommen"

Answer

"Wenig" is indeclinable, it does not take adjective ending: wenig Geld, wenig Zeit, wenig Kaffee. It means "little (not a lot of)".

Weniger is the comparative form, meaning "less".

Viel means "much/a lot of": viel Geld

Viele means "many": viele Leute.
Viel, however, is declinable: Er kommt mit vielem Geld in der Tasche.

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