Značení je nové, ale platnost povolení zůstává stejná.

Because nové agrees with značení in gender, number, and case.

• značení is a neuter singular noun.
• The verb je means is.
• After je, the adjective stays in the nominative here.
• So the correct form is nové = new for a neuter singular noun.

Compare:

• nový = masculine singular
• nová = feminine singular
• nové = neuter singular / sometimes plural forms too

So Značení je nové = The marking/signage is new.

Značení usually means something like:

• marking
• signage
• signposting
• labeling

The exact English translation depends on context.

In a traffic, building, or administrative context, značení often means signage or markings. It is a noun derived from a verb idea, something like the act/result of marking.

So in this sentence, it probably refers to some kind of official marking or signs that have been changed.

Because stejná describes platnost, and platnost is a feminine singular noun.

So the agreement works like this:

• platnost = feminine singular
• therefore stejná = feminine singular adjective form

Even though povolení comes right after platnost, the adjective stejná belongs to platnost, not to povolení.

So:

• platnost ... zůstává stejná = the validity ... remains the same

Yes. In platnost povolení, the word povolení is in the genitive.

This is a very common Czech structure:

• platnost něčeho = the validity of something
• konec filmu = the end of the film
• barva auta = the color of the car

So platnost povolení literally means validity of the permit/permission.

A useful thing to know is that with some neuter nouns ending in -í, the nominative and genitive singular look the same. So here:

• nominative: povolení
• genitive: povolení

Same form, different function.

Povolení can mean both, depending on context.

It may refer to:

• the abstract idea of permission
• an official document, a permit

In this sentence, because of platnost (validity), it most naturally sounds like an official permit or authorization document.

So platnost povolení is usually best understood as:

• the validity of the permit or
• the permit’s validity

Because Czech uses the present tense here exactly as English does in sentences like:

• The validity remains the same.
• The validity stays the same.

zůstává is the 3rd person singular present of zůstávat / related to zůstat.

Here it means:

• remains
• stays

So:

• platnost povolení zůstává stejná = the permit’s validity remains the same

Both are possible, but they are not exactly the same.

• je stejná = is the same
• zůstává stejná = remains/stays the same

zůstává emphasizes no change despite something else changing.

That fits this sentence well:

• Značení je nové = the signage/marking is new
• ale platnost povolení zůstává stejná = but the permit’s validity remains unchanged

So zůstává highlights the contrast more clearly.

Yes. The sentence is built as a contrast:

• Značení je nové = one thing has changed
• ale platnost povolení zůstává stejná = another thing has not changed

ale means but and introduces the contrast.

This is a very common Czech pattern:

• X je nové, ale Y zůstává stejné.
• X changed, but Y stayed the same.

So the word order is natural and clear.

Sometimes, yes, but ale is the normal, neutral choice for but.

Possible alternatives include:

• avšak = more formal/literary however/but
• jenže = more conversational, often with a stronger contrast or objection

But in this sentence, ale is the most natural everyday option.

Because Czech has no articles like English a/an/the.

So Czech simply says:

• značení
• platnost povolení

Whether English should use a, the, or no article at all depends on context.

That is why the sentence could be translated in slightly different ways, for example:

• The signage is new, but the permit’s validity remains the same.
• The marking is new, but the validity of the permit remains the same.

Czech leaves that detail to context.

Grammatically, značení is singular.

That is why the sentence uses:

• je = is
• nové = singular neuter form

But semantically, it can refer to something broad or collective, like signage in English. English also often uses a singular-looking word for something that involves many signs or markings.

So even if it refers to multiple signs or markings in real life, the Czech noun here is grammatically singular.

A rough pronunciation guide for an English speaker could be:

• Značení ≈ ZNA-cheh-nee
• je ≈ yeh
• nové ≈ NO-veh
• ale ≈ AH-leh
• platnost ≈ PLAHT-nost
• povolení ≈ PO-vo-leh-nee
• zůstává ≈ ZOO-staa-va
• stejná ≈ STAY-naa

A few useful sound notes:

• č sounds like ch in check
• ě often softens the preceding consonant
• á is a long a
• ů is a long oo
• ej in stejná sounds roughly like ay in day

Yes. That would also be correct.

The difference is mostly focus:

• Značení je nové, ale platnost povolení zůstává stejná.
  • first highlights the new signage/marking
• Platnost povolení zůstává stejná, ale značení je nové.
  • first highlights that the permit validity did not change

Czech word order is flexible, but the usual effect of changing order is changing emphasis, not the basic meaning.

Literally, stejná means same.

But in natural English, because of zůstává (remains), the whole phrase can often be translated as:

• remains the same
• stays the same
• remains unchanged

So:

• stejná = literally same
• zůstává stejná = naturally remains the same / remains unchanged

Both are good translations depending on style.

This sentence is great for learning three useful patterns:

1. Noun + být + adjective

   • Značení je nové.
   • The signage is new.

2. Abstract noun + genitive

   • platnost povolení
   • validity of the permit

3. zůstávat / zůstat + adjective

   • zůstává stejná
   • remains the same

If you learn those three patterns, you will understand a lot of similar Czech sentences.