Breakdown of Potvrzení o změně místa trvalého pobytu je veřejná listina.
být
to be
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the public document; official instrument
potvrzení o změně místa trvalého pobytu
the confirmation of a change of permanent residence
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Questions & Answers about Potvrzení o změně místa trvalého pobytu je veřejná listina.
Why is it o změně and not o změna?
Because the preposition o here means about / concerning, and with that meaning it normally takes the locative case.
So:
- změna = nominative singular
- o změně = locative singular
This is a very common pattern:
- mluvit o škole = to talk about school
- číst o historii = to read about history
- potvrzení o změně = confirmation/certificate about a change
Why are místa and pobytu in the genitive?
They are both dependent nouns inside a larger noun phrase.
The structure is basically:
- změna čeho? → místa
= change of what? → of the place - místo čeho? → pobytu
= place of what? → of residence/stay
So Czech builds this as a chain of nouns:
- změna místa pobytu
= change of place of residence
This kind of noun stacking with the genitive is very common in formal Czech.
What exactly does potvrzení mean here?