Nárok na osvobození musí držitel psa ohlásit.

The dog keeper must report the entitlement to an exemption.

Breakdown of Nárok na osvobození musí držitel psa ohlásit.

• muset: must/to have to
• držitel psa: the dog keeper
• ohlásit: to report officially; notify
• nárok na osvobození: the entitlement to an exemption

Questions & Answers about Nárok na osvobození musí držitel psa ohlásit.

Why does the sentence start with Nárok na osvobození instead of the subject?

Czech word order is much more flexible than English word order. The sentence starts with Nárok na osvobození to put that information first, probably because it is the topic or focus in this administrative/legal context.

A more neutral learner-friendly order would be:

Držitel psa musí nárok na osvobození ohlásit.

Both mean the same thing. The original just sounds more formal and text-like.

What is the subject of the sentence?

The subject is držitel psa.

That means the holder/owner of the dog. This is the person who must report something.

Even though it comes later in the sentence, it is still the subject.

What case is nárok in here?

Nárok is the direct object of ohlásit, so it is in the accusative.

However, nárok is a masculine inanimate noun, and in the singular its nominative and accusative forms are the same:

• nominative: nárok
• accusative: nárok

So the form does not change, even though the function does.

Why is it nárok na osvobození? Why does nárok use na?