Máme dvacet minut.

Máme means we have. It comes from the verb mít = to have.

This is the 1st person plural present-tense form:

• já mám = I have
• ty máš = you have
• on/ona/ono má = he/she/it has
• my máme = we have
• vy máte = you have (plural/formal)
• oni/ony/ona mají = they have

So Máme dvacet minut literally means We have twenty minutes.

In Czech, the subject pronoun is often left out because the verb ending already shows who the subject is.

Here, -me in máme tells you the subject is we.

So:

• Máme dvacet minut. = We have twenty minutes.
• My máme dvacet minut. = also possible, but my is added only for emphasis or contrast, like We have twenty minutes (not someone else).

Because after numbers 5 and higher, Czech nouns usually go into the genitive plural.

So:

• jedna minuta = one minute
• dvě minuty = two minutes
• tři minuty = three minutes
• čtyři minuty = four minutes
• pět minut = five minutes
• dvacet minut = twenty minutes

The noun minuta changes like this:

• singular nominative: minuta
• plural nominative: minuty
• plural genitive: minut

Since dvacet is greater than 4, Czech uses minut.

Yes. Dvacet means twenty.

In this sentence it does not change form. It simply combines with the noun:

• dvacet minut = twenty minutes
• dvacet korun = twenty crowns
• dvacet lidí = twenty people

For a beginner, the key thing to remember is that with 5+, the following noun is typically in the genitive plural.

It can very naturally mean time available rather than ownership.

So in real usage, Máme dvacet minut often means things like:

• We have twenty minutes.
• We’ve got twenty minutes.
• We have twenty minutes left/available.

Czech uses mít in this same practical way, just like English does.

Yes. Czech word order is more flexible than English, because grammar is shown by endings more than by position.

The neutral order here is:

• Máme dvacet minut.

But you could also hear:

• Dvacet minut máme.

That version puts more emphasis on dvacet minut, as if contrasting it with something else.

So the most natural basic version for learners is still:

• Máme dvacet minut.

A simple learner-friendly pronunciation guide is:

• Máme ≈ MAA-meh
• dvacet ≈ DVAH-tset
• minut ≈ MEE-noot

A few helpful points:

• á is a long a sound, so má is longer than a short a
• c in Czech is pronounced like ts
• stress is usually on the first syllable of each word:
  • MÁ-me
  • DVA-cet
  • MI-nut

So the whole sentence sounds roughly like:

MAA-meh DVAH-tset MEE-noot

It is the genitive plural form of minuta.

This is not especially irregular; it is just the correct case form used after numbers like dvacet.

The main forms are:

• minuta = minute
• minuty = minutes
• minut = of minutes / used after 5+

So:

• jedna minuta
• dvě minuty
• pět minut
• dvacet minut

English does not change the noun this way after numbers, but Czech does.

No. Jsme means we are, not we have.

So:

• máme = we have
• jsme = we are

That means:

• Máme dvacet minut. = We have twenty minutes.
• Jsme dvacet minut. = incorrect in this meaning

If you want to say we have, you need the verb mít, not být.

Yes. That is a very natural English translation.

Depending on context, all of these can work:

• We have twenty minutes.
• We’ve got twenty minutes.
• We have twenty minutes left.

The Czech sentence itself is short and neutral, so the best English translation depends on the situation.

Yes, minuta is a feminine noun.

That matters in some forms, for example:

• jedna minuta
• dvě minuty

But in dvacet minut, the important thing is less the gender and more the fact that after dvacet, Czech uses the genitive plural: minut.

So yes, the noun is feminine, but the key pattern to learn from this sentence is:

• 5+ number + genitive plural noun