Na základě veřejné listiny ohlašovna zaeviduje adresu trvalého pobytu.

Na základě is a fixed expression meaning on the basis of, based on, or on the strength of.

Grammatically:

• na is the preposition
• základě is the locative singular of základ

So the phrase literally comes from something like on the basis. After this expression, the following noun is typically in the genitive, which is why you get veřejné listiny.

This is a very common formal or legal phrase in Czech.

Because the phrase na základě requires the following noun phrase to be in the genitive.

The dictionary form is:

• veřejná listina = public document / public instrument

But after na základě, it changes to:

• veřejné listiny = of a public document

Here both words are feminine singular genitive:

• veřejná → veřejné
• listina → listiny

So this is not a random change; it is required by the grammar of na základě.

No. In this context, listina does not mean list in the everyday English sense.

In legal and administrative Czech, veřejná listina is a formal term meaning something like:

• public document
• official document
• sometimes public instrument in legal English

It refers to a document with official legal force, issued or certified by a public authority or another legally recognized body.

So this is legal-administrative vocabulary, not ordinary everyday wording.

Ohlašovna is an administrative office connected with residence registration. In this kind of sentence, it usually means the office that records or handles permanent residence addresses.

A natural English gloss might be:

• registration office
• residence registration office
• reporting office in a more literal sense

It is a feminine noun, and here it is the subject of the sentence:

• ohlašovna zaeviduje = the office will register / record

Because ohlašovna is singular, the verb is also singular.

This is a very common Czech issue.

Zaeviduje is the present-form conjugation of a perfective verb, but perfective verbs in Czech often have future meaning.

So:

• eviduje = is registering / registers (imperfective)
• zaeviduje = will register / will record (perfective)

The prefix za- helps make the verb perfective here, giving the sense of a completed action: the office will enter it into the records.

So although the form looks present, its meaning is future because the verb is perfective.

Because adresu is the accusative singular, and it is the direct object of the verb zaeviduje.

The dictionary form is:

• adresa = address

But after the verb:

• zaeviduje adresu = will register the address

Since adresa is a feminine noun, its accusative singular is adresu.

Because this is a noun phrase meaning the address of permanent residence.

The main noun is:

• adresu = address

Then Czech adds another noun in the genitive to show what kind of address it is:

• pobyt = residence / stay
• pobytu = of residence

So:

• adresa trvalého pobytu = address of permanent residence

The adjective trvalého agrees with pobytu, not with adresa:

• trvalý pobyt = permanent residence
• trvalého pobytu = genitive singular

This is very normal Czech structure: noun + genitive noun often corresponds to English noun + of + noun.

Not always. In Czech administrative usage, trvalý pobyt is a specific legal term. It often refers to a person’s officially registered permanent residence address in the Czech system.

So depending on context, it may be close to:

• permanent residence
• registered permanent address
• permanent residence registration

For a learner, the important thing is that this is a fixed bureaucratic expression, and it may be narrower or more technical than the everyday English phrase permanent residence.

Yes, Czech word order is flexible, but the original order sounds natural in formal administrative style.

Original:

• Na základě veřejné listiny ohlašovna zaeviduje adresu trvalého pobytu.

This puts the legal basis first, which is very typical in official language:

1. condition / basis
2. subject
3. verb
4. object

You could also say:

• Ohlašovna na základě veřejné listiny zaeviduje adresu trvalého pobytu.

That is still grammatical, but the original sounds more like formal legal wording because it foregrounds the basis for the action.

Czech has no articles, so there is no direct equivalent of a or the in the sentence.

Whether you translate something as:

• a public document
• the public document
• the address
• an address

depends on context, not on a separate word in Czech.

So in this sentence:

• veřejné listiny could be understood as a public document or the public document, depending on the situation
• adresu trvalého pobytu is often translated as the address of permanent residence because that sounds natural in English administrative language

This is one of the biggest differences between Czech and English.