Exekuce může začít po správním řízení.

Because může is a modal verb meaning can / may / is able to, and modal verbs in Czech are followed by an infinitive.

So the structure is:

• může = can / may
• začít = to begin / to start

Together:

• může začít = can begin / may begin

If you said začne, that would mean will begin / begins instead, without the idea of possibility or permission.

Here po takes the locative case.

So:

• po správním řízení = after the administrative proceeding

This is a very common pattern:

• po obědě = after lunch
• po válce = after the war
• po jednání = after the meeting

When po means after, it normally uses the locative.

Because the phrase správní řízení has to match the case required by po, which is the locative.

The noun řízení is neuter singular, and the adjective has to agree with it in:

• gender
• number
• case

So:

• nominative: správní řízení
• locative: po správním řízení

The adjective changes from správní to správním to show the locative.

Because some Czech nouns do not visibly change in certain cases, especially nouns like řízení.

Řízení is a neuter noun ending in -í, and in the singular its form is the same in several cases. So even though the case changes after po, the noun itself still looks like řízení.

What shows the case clearly here is mostly the adjective:

• správní řízení = nominative
• po správním řízení = locative

So the phrase changes, but only the adjective shows the change visibly.

It is a noun phrase made up of:

• správní = administrative
• řízení = proceeding / procedure / process

Literally it is something like administrative proceeding or administrative procedure.

A useful thing to notice is that řízení is a verbal noun, very common in formal Czech. Similar words include:

• jednání = negotiation / meeting / proceedings
• rozhodnutí = decision
• šetření = investigation

This style is especially common in legal and official language.

Not usually in everyday meaning. This is an important false-friend warning.

In Czech legal/administrative contexts, exekuce often means debt enforcement, seizure proceedings, or court-ordered enforcement. It does not usually mean carrying out a death sentence.

So even if the English gloss says execution, a learner should remember that Czech exekuce often has a specific legal/bureaucratic meaning.

Because it is the subject of the sentence, and Czech often places the subject early in a neutral sentence.

Structure here:

• Exekuce = subject
• může = finite verb
• začít = infinitive
• po správním řízení = time expression

A neutral English-like order is:

• Exekuce může začít po správním řízení.

But Czech word order is flexible, so other versions are possible, for example:

• Po správním řízení může exekuce začít.

That version puts more focus on after the administrative proceeding.

Yes. That is perfectly natural Czech.

Czech word order changes mainly for information structure and emphasis, not as rigidly as in English.

Compare:

• Exekuce může začít po správním řízení.
  Neutral, straightforward.

• Po správním řízení může začít exekuce.
  Emphasizes the timing more: after the administrative proceeding.

The meaning stays basically the same.

It can correspond to several English choices depending on context:

• can begin
• may begin
• might begin

In this kind of official sentence, může often means may / can, expressing legal possibility or permission.

So it often suggests:

• it is possible
• it is allowed
• the conditions are met for it to begin

The exact English choice depends on the broader context.

Yes, začít is perfective.

That matters because začít refers to the event of starting as a complete action or single transition. In English, we do not always notice this distinction, but Czech does.

The imperfective partner is začínat.

Compare:

• může začít = can start / may begin
• může začínat = can be starting / may be starting, or a more ongoing/repeated sense

In this sentence, začít is the natural choice because it refers to the moment when the enforcement may begin.

Because Czech has no articles.

So Czech does not directly mark the difference between:

• an execution may begin
• the execution may begin

You understand that from context.

That is very normal in Czech. Learners often want to insert article-like meaning everywhere, but Czech simply does not work that way.

A simple approximate pronunciation is:

EH-zeh-koo-tseh MOO-zheh ZAH-cheet poh SPRAHV-nyeem REE-zeh-nyee

A few sound notes:

• ř is not in this sentence, so that helps.
• ž in může sounds like the s in measure.
• č in začít sounds like ch in church.
• í is a long vowel, so začít has a long ee sound.
• Stress in Czech normally falls on the first syllable of each word:
  • EXekuce
  • MŮže
  • ZAčít
  • PO správním řízení

Grammatically, it is singular.

That can feel a little strange to English speakers because English often uses proceedings in the plural. Czech often uses a singular noun like řízení for this kind of concept.

So:

• správní řízení = an administrative proceeding / administrative procedure
• not grammatically plural

This is a useful thing to remember when translating legal language.

Yes. Po has several meanings depending on context, but with time expressions it often means after.

Examples:

• po obědě = after lunch
• po škole = after school

It can also have other meanings, such as movement along/around in some contexts:

• jít po ulici = to walk along the street

So the meaning of po depends on context, but in your sentence the meaning is clearly temporal: after.

The dictionary forms are:

• exekuce — noun, feminine
• moci — verb, to be able / can
• začít — verb, to begin / to start
• správní — adjective, administrative
• řízení — noun, neuter, proceeding / procedure

In the sentence, může is the 3rd person singular form of moci.

So:

• moci → může

This is an irregular verb, so it is worth memorizing separately.