Pracovní kout má psací stůl.

Literally, kout means corner or nook, and pracovní means work-related / working.

So pracovní kout usually means something like:

• a work nook
• a study corner
• a small workspace

It does not usually suggest a full office. It sounds more like a designated area in a room for working or studying.

Má is the 3rd person singular present-tense form of mít = to have.

So:

• já mám = I have
• ty máš = you have
• on / ona / ono má = he / she / it has

Since pracovní kout is singular, Czech uses má:

• Pracovní kout má... = The work nook has...

Not exactly.

• stůl = table
• psací stůl = desk or writing desk

The adjective psací comes from psát = to write, but in this expression it means something like meant for writing.

So psací stůl is a normal Czech way to say desk, not necessarily a special old-fashioned writing desk.

Because psací stůl is the direct object of má, so it is in the accusative case.

However, stůl is masculine inanimate, and for masculine inanimate nouns, the accusative singular is often the same as the nominative singular.

So:

• nominative: stůl
• accusative: stůl

That is why the form does not visibly change here.

Compare with a masculine animate noun, where you would see a clearer change:

• Má psa. = He/She has a dog.

There, pes becomes psa in the accusative.

These are adjectives of the soft adjective type, which often have -í in their dictionary form.

In this sentence:

• pracovní modifies kout
• psací modifies stůl

In the forms used here, both stay -í.

This does not mean they never change. They do decline in other cases:

• bez pracovního koutu = without a work nook
• na psacím stole = on the desk

So the -í form here is normal and expected.

Because Czech has no articles.

English distinguishes between:

• a desk
• the desk

Czech usually leaves that to context. So psací stůl can mean:

• a desk
• the desk

depending on the situation.

The same is true for pracovní kout.

Yes. This is a normal subject–verb–object order:

• Pracovní kout = subject
• má = verb
• psací stůl = object

So it is a straightforward neutral statement.

Czech word order is more flexible than English, but changing it changes emphasis. For example:

• V pracovním koutě je psací stůl. = There is a desk in the work nook.

That version focuses more on location/existence than on possession.

Yes, Czech can express this idea in more than one way.

With mít (to have), the sentence presents the nook as something that contains / includes a desk:

• Pracovní kout má psací stůl.

With je (is) plus a location phrase, Czech would say:

• V pracovním koutě je psací stůl.
  = There is a desk in the work nook.

Both are possible, but they are framed differently:

• má = the nook has / includes
• je = the desk is located there

A rough guide is:

PRA-tsov-nee ko-oot maa PSA-tsee stool

A few useful pronunciation notes:

• Czech stress is usually on the first syllable of each word.
• á, í, ů are long vowels.
• In psací, both sounds in ps are pronounced; the p is not silent.
• ou in kout is a diphthong, roughly like oh-oo said quickly.

So the rhythm is fairly regular:

PRA-cov-ní KOUT má PSA-cí stůl