Dokud nebude hotová kuchyně, budeme jíst u malého stolu v pokoji.

Dokud means until or as long as, depending on context. In this sentence it means until:

• Dokud nebude hotová kuchyně = Until the kitchen is finished

It introduces a time clause that sets the limit for the main action:

• budeme jíst u malého stolu v pokoji = we will eat at the small table in the room

So the whole sentence means that this arrangement will continue up to the point when the kitchen is finished.

Because the sentence refers to the future, not the present.

• není = is not
• nebude = will not be

Here, the speaker is talking about a period from now into the future:

• Dokud nebude hotová kuchyně... = Until the kitchen is finished...

Czech often uses být in the future to describe a future state:

• Kuchyně není hotová. = The kitchen is not finished.
• Kuchyně nebude hotová do pátku. = The kitchen will not be finished by Friday.

Because jíst (to eat) is an imperfective verb. In Czech, the future of imperfective verbs is usually formed with:

• future of být
  • infinitive

So:

• budu jíst = I will eat
• budeš jíst = you will eat
• budeme jíst = we will eat

This expresses an ongoing, repeated, or general future action.

By contrast, many perfective verbs have their own simple future forms. But jíst is imperfective, so budeme jíst is the normal form here.

Hotová means finished, ready, or completed.

It agrees with kuchyně because kuchyně is feminine singular:

• masculine: hotový
• feminine: hotová
• neuter: hotové

So:

• hotová kuchyně = a finished kitchen
• in this sentence, more naturally: the kitchen is finished / ready

Even though English would usually say the kitchen is finished, Czech can place the adjective in a way that still corresponds to that meaning.

Here, kuchyně is the subject of the clause, so it is in the nominative case.

In:

• Dokud nebude hotová kuchyně

the thing that will not be finished is the kitchen, so kuchyně stays in nominative.

Compare:

• Kuchyně je hotová. = The kitchen is finished.
• Vidím kuchyni. = I see the kitchen.
  Here kuchyni is accusative, because it is the object.

Both are possible in Czech, because Czech word order is flexible.

• Kuchyně nebude hotová is a more straightforward, neutral order.
• Dokud nebude hotová kuchyně... is very natural in context and puts focus on the condition/time frame introduced by dokud.

Czech often shifts word order to match rhythm, emphasis, or information structure. English learners often expect one fixed order, but Czech allows much more movement.

So this sentence is not strange; it is just a natural Czech ordering.

The preposition u takes the genitive case.

So:

• stůl = table
• genitive singular: stolu

The adjective must match the noun:

• malý stůl = a small table
• u malého stolu = at the small table

Here u means something like at / by. In this sentence:

• budeme jíst u malého stolu = we will eat at the small table

This is a very common Czech pattern:

• u domu = by the house
• u školy = by the school
• u stolu = at the table

Because the preposition v (in) takes the locative case when it expresses location.

• pokoj = room
• locative singular: pokoji

So:

• v pokoji = in the room

This tells you where the small table is:

• u malého stolu v pokoji = at the small table in the room

Compare:

• pokoj = nominative
• v pokoji = locative
• vidím pokoj = accusative

Because they agree with different nouns in different cases.

1. hotová agrees with kuchyně

   • kuchyně is feminine singular nominative
   • so the adjective is hotová

2. malého agrees with stolu

   • stolu is masculine singular genitive (after u)
   • so the adjective is malého

Czech adjectives change according to:

• gender
• number
• case

That is why the endings are different.

Here u means at or by.

• jíst u stolu = to eat at the table

This is the normal Czech expression for being seated at a table.

Other prepositions would change the meaning:

• na stole = on the table
• v stole would not make sense here
• u stolu = at the table / by the table

So if you are talking about where someone sits to eat, u stolu is the natural choice.

Because Dokud nebude hotová kuchyně is a subordinate clause, and Czech normally separates subordinate clauses from the main clause with a comma.

Structure:

• Dokud nebude hotová kuchyně, = subordinate time clause
• budeme jíst u malého stolu v pokoji. = main clause

This is similar to English:

• Until the kitchen is finished, we will eat at the small table in the room.

So the comma is standard Czech punctuation here.

Usually kuchyně means kitchen as a room. But in some contexts it can also refer to a kitchen unit or fitted kitchen.

In this sentence, the most likely meaning is simply the kitchen as part of the home being finished or renovated.

That is why the second part says:

• budeme jíst u malého stolu v pokoji = we’ll eat at the small table in the room

This suggests the kitchen is currently unusable, probably because it is still being completed or renovated.

No, Czech often omits subject pronouns when the verb ending already shows the person and number.

• budeme already means we will
• so my (we) is unnecessary unless you want emphasis

So:

• Budeme jíst = We will eat

Likewise:

• budu jíst = I will eat
• budeš jíst = you will eat
• budou jíst = they will eat

This is very normal in Czech.