Ohlašovna získá výpis z katastru nemovitostí.

to obtain; to gain

Breakdown of Ohlašovna získá výpis z katastru nemovitostí.

• ohlašovna: the residence reporting office
• výpis z katastru nemovitostí: the extract from the Land Register

Questions & Answers about Ohlašovna získá výpis z katastru nemovitostí.

What exactly is ohlašovna?

Ohlašovna is an administrative office, usually the local office that handles residence registration matters. In Czech legal/official language, it often refers to the office where a person’s place of residence is officially recorded or reported.

A learner might first think it comes from the verb ohlašovat (to report / announce / register), and that is exactly the connection.

So this is not just any “office” in a general sense; it is a specific municipal registration office type of institution.

Why is the verb získá translated as future, even though it looks like a present-tense form?

This is because získat is a perfective verb.

In Czech, perfective verbs do not normally have a true present meaning. Their “present-tense” forms usually express the future.

So:

• získat = perfective, to obtain / to acquire
• získá = he/she/it will obtain

Here, the subject ohlašovna is grammatically feminine singular, so the verb form is získá = it will obtain.

If you wanted an actual present meaning like is obtaining / obtains, Czech would usually use an imperfective verb instead, such as získává.

What is the base form of získá?