Máme několik misek.

Máme is the 1st person plural present tense form of mít (to have).

A quick present-tense pattern is:

• mám = I have
• máš = you have
• má = he/she/it has
• máme = we have
• máte = you all / you formal have
• mají = they have

So Máme means we have.

Czech usually does not need subject pronouns when the verb ending already shows who the subject is.

Here, -me in máme already tells you it means we.
You could say My máme několik misek, but my would sound emphatic, like we do have several bowls or as for us, we have several bowls.

So the version without my is the normal neutral one.

Několik is a quantifier meaning something like several or a few.

In this sentence, it introduces a quantity of things, so instead of saying simply misky, Czech uses a special pattern after několik.

That is why the noun after it appears in a different form: misek.

Because after několik in this kind of sentence, the following noun is put in the genitive plural.

The basic plural of miska is:

• misky = bowls

But after několik, Czech uses:

• několik misek = several bowls

So:

• misky = plain nominative plural
• misek = genitive plural, used here after několik

The dictionary form is miska.

Some useful forms are:

• miska = singular nominative
• misky = plural nominative
• misek = plural genitive

So misek is not a separate word; it is just one case form of miska.

Yes.

The whole phrase několik misek functions as the direct object of máme.
English learners often expect the object noun to look accusative, but with Czech quantity expressions, the noun inside the phrase can appear in genitive plural.

So:

• syntactically, několik misek is what we have
• morphologically, misek is in the genitive plural

Both things are true at the same time.

It usually means an unspecified small number, often best translated as several.

Depending on context, English might also use a few, but několik often sounds a bit more neutral and slightly more formal than very casual a couple of.

For comparison:

• několik misek = several bowls
• pár misek = a few / a couple of bowls (more colloquial)

Yes. Czech word order is fairly flexible.

Máme několik misek is a natural, neutral sentence.

Other orders are possible, but they change the emphasis:

• Máme několik misek. = neutral statement
• Několik misek máme. = emphasis on several bowls
• My máme několik misek. = emphasis on we

So the original order is a good default, but it is not the only possible one.

Because Czech does not have articles.

English has to choose between a bowl, the bowl, some bowls, and so on. Czech normally leaves that information to context.

So Máme několik misek does not contain any word corresponding directly to the or some. The meaning is understood from the sentence itself and the situation.

A simple pronunciation guide is:

• Máme ≈ MAA-meh
• několik ≈ NYEH-ko-lik
• misek ≈ MI-sek

A few key points:

• Czech stress is usually on the first syllable of each word.
• á in Máme is a long vowel.
• ně sounds roughly like nye.
• All the consonants are pronounced clearly.

So the rhythm is roughly:

MAA-meh NYEH-ko-lik MI-sek