Questions & Answers about Potřebujeme jiný přístup k problému.
Potřebujeme is the 1st person plural present tense of potřebovat (to need), so it means we need.
The ending -eme is the present-tense ending for we with this verb type:
- potřebuji / potřebuju = I need
- potřebuješ = you need
- potřebuje = he/she/it needs
- potřebujeme = we need
- potřebujete = you need
- potřebují / potřebujou = they need
So the sentence starts with We need ...
Czech often omits subject pronouns when they are clear from the verb ending.
So:
- Potřebujeme already means we need
- adding my (we) is possible, but usually only for emphasis or contrast
For example:
- Potřebujeme jiný přístup. = We need a different approach.
- My potřebujeme jiný přístup. = We need a different approach. (emphatic)
This is very common in Czech.