Potřebujeme více prostoru.

Potřebujeme is the 1st person plural present tense form of potřebovat, which means to need.

So:

• potřebovat = to need
• potřebujeme = we need

The ending -me is the key part that shows we.

It is built into the verb potřebujeme.

Czech often leaves out subject pronouns when they are already clear from the verb ending. This is very normal.

So:

• Potřebujeme více prostoru. = We need more space.
• My potřebujeme více prostoru. also means We need more space, but my adds emphasis, like we as opposed to someone else.

This is one of the big differences from English: Czech does not need to say we every time.

Good question. Yes, potřebovat normally takes a direct object:

• Potřebujeme prostor. = We need space.

But after quantity words such as:

• více = more
• méně = less
• hodně = a lot of
• málo = little / few

the noun usually appears in the genitive.

So:

• prostor = nominative / basic dictionary form
• prostoru = genitive singular

That is why Czech says:

• více prostoru = more space

So the whole phrase více prostoru is the object of the verb, but the noun inside that phrase is in the genitive because of více.

Here it is genitive singular.

That may feel surprising, but prostor here is being used like an uncountable noun, similar to English space. So více prostoru means more space in a general sense.

Compare:

• více prostoru = more space
• více prostorů = more spaces / more separate areas

The second one is possible, but it sounds like you are talking about several distinct spaces, not space in general.

Both mean more.

• více = a bit more neutral, standard, and common in writing
• víc = very common in speech, slightly more informal

So both of these are fine:

• Potřebujeme více prostoru.
• Potřebujeme víc prostoru.

A learner should understand both. If you are unsure which one to use, více is always safe.

Yes, absolutely.

• Potřebujeme více prostoru.
• Potřebujeme více místa.

Both are correct and natural.

Very roughly:

• místo often feels more like room or place
• prostor often feels a bit broader, like space in a physical or abstract sense

In many everyday situations, více místa is extremely common, especially when talking about physical room, for example in a car, a room, or on a table.

Yes, but it changes the feel.

• Potřebujeme více prostoru. = neutral, normal
• My potřebujeme více prostoru. = WE need more space

Adding my makes the subject more explicit and often more emphatic or contrastive.

For example:

• Oni jsou spokojení, ale my potřebujeme více prostoru.
  They are satisfied, but we need more space.

So the version without my is usually the default.

No, Czech word order is fairly flexible.

The neutral version is:

• Potřebujeme více prostoru.

But you could also say:

• Více prostoru potřebujeme.

That puts more emphasis on více prostoru.

In English, word order is much more rigid. In Czech, changing the order often changes focus or emphasis, not the core meaning.

So for a learner:

• use Potřebujeme více prostoru as the normal default
• notice that other orders may appear in real Czech

A rough pronunciation guide is:

• Potřebujeme ≈ PO-trzhe-boo-ye-me
• více ≈ VEE-tseh
• prostoru ≈ PROS-to-roo

A few useful notes:

• Czech stress is usually on the first syllable of each word.
• The í in více is a long vowel.
• The sound ř in potřebujeme is famous for being difficult. It is a special Czech sound, something like a mix of r and zh. If you cannot say it perfectly yet, that is very normal.

It can be both.

Prostor can mean physical space:

• space in a room
• room in a suitcase
• empty area somewhere

But it can also be abstract:

• prostor pro diskusi = room/space for discussion
• dát někomu prostor = give someone space / room to act or speak

So in Potřebujeme více prostoru, the meaning could be literal or figurative depending on context.