Zahradnické rukavice jsou v kůlně.

Because it has to agree with rukavice.

In Czech, adjectives change their endings to match the noun’s:

• gender
• number
• case

Here, rukavice means gloves and is plural, so the adjective also has a plural ending: zahradnické rukavice = gardening gloves.

The adjective comes from zahradnický (gardening / gardener’s), and in this sentence it appears in the form that matches rukavice.

Here it is plural: gloves.

A useful thing to know is that rukavice can look the same in both singular and plural in some contexts. In this sentence, the verb jsou tells you clearly that the noun is plural:

• rukavice je ... = the glove is ...
• rukavice jsou ... = the gloves are ...

So Zahradnické rukavice jsou v kůlně. definitely means The gardening gloves are in the shed.

Czech normally does not need subject pronouns unless you want emphasis or contrast.

The verb ending already tells you the person/number:

• jsem = I am
• jsi = you are
• je = he/she/it is
• jsou = they are

So Zahradnické rukavice jsou v kůlně is completely natural. Adding a pronoun would usually sound unnecessary unless you were emphasizing something.

Because the preposition v (in) requires the locative case when it means location.

The base form is:

• kůlna = shed

After v, it changes:

• v kůlně = in the shed

So the noun changes form because Czech marks grammatical relationships with cases.

It is in the locative singular.

The pattern is:

• dictionary form / nominative: kůlna
• locative after v: v kůlně

This is very common in Czech:

• v domě = in the house
• v škole = in the school
• v kůlně = in the shed

Here v means in.

With location, v often corresponds to English in or sometimes at, depending on context:

• v domě = in the house
• ve škole = at/in school
• v Praze = in Prague

So in this sentence, v kůlně means in the shed.

Both v and ve mean the same thing here; ve is just a pronunciation variant used before some sound combinations.

Czech often uses ve instead of v when it is easier to pronounce:

• ve škole
• ve městě

But with kůlně, v kůlně is normal and natural.

Yes, Czech word order is fairly flexible.

This sentence has a neutral, straightforward order:

• Zahradnické rukavice = topic / what we are talking about
• jsou v kůlně = what we say about them

You could also hear:

• V kůlně jsou zahradnické rukavice.

That might sound more like In the shed, there are gardening gloves or put more focus on the location.

So the given order is the most neutral way to say it.

Usually it means gardening gloves.

The adjective zahradnický / zahradnické is derived from zahradník (gardener) and often describes something connected with gardening or gardeners.

In everyday English, gardening gloves is the most natural translation.

A rough guide:

• ků has a long oo sound, like koo
• lň is softened because of ě
• the whole word is roughly like KOOL-nye

A few key points:

• ů is pronounced like long ú
• ě often softens the consonant before it
• ň sounds a bit like ny in canyon

So kůlně sounds approximately like KOOL-nyeh, though not exactly in English terms.

In modern Czech pronunciation, ů and ú are pronounced the same: a long u sound.

The difference is mostly historical and spelling-based.

For learners, the most important thing is:

• kůlna and kú... would use the same vowel sound
• you just need to learn which spelling each word uses

So in kůlna / kůlně, the ů is pronounced as a long u.

Czech has no articles, so there is no direct equivalent of the or a/an.

That means:

• rukavice can mean gloves, the gloves, or sometimes a glove/gloves, depending on context
• kůlna can mean a shed or the shed

In this sentence, context tells us the natural English translation is The gardening gloves are in the shed.

Yes, in theory it could, because Czech does not mark the vs a with articles.

So literally, the sentence leaves that open:

• zahradnické rukavice = gardening gloves / the gardening gloves
• v kůlně = in a shed / in the shed

In practice, the intended English translation depends on context. If the meaning has already been given to the learner as The gardening gloves are in the shed, then that is the right interpretation here.

The basic forms are:

• zahradnický = gardening / gardener’s
• rukavice = glove, gloves
• být = to be
• kůlna = shed

In the sentence, some words appear in changed forms:

• zahradnické agrees with rukavice
• jsou is the present tense plural of být
• kůlně is the locative form of kůlna

Yes, it is completely natural.

It is a simple present-tense sentence with:

• a noun phrase: Zahradnické rukavice
• the verb: jsou
• a prepositional phrase: v kůlně

It sounds like normal everyday Czech for saying where something is.