No. 808 in Slovak
podstate
"Podstate" in Slovak means "essence" or "substance."
In a sentence
V podstate som súhlasil s jeho návrhom.
Basically, I agreed with his proposal.
Here, 'v podstate' is used as an adverbial phrase meaning 'basically'.
Z podstate veci vyplýva, že to nemôžeme zmeniť.
By the essence of the matter, it comes that we cannot change it.
In this case, 'z podstate' is used in the sense of 'from the essence' or 'by the nature'.
Táto otázka sa týka samotnej podstaty problému.
This question pertains to the very essence of the problem.
Here, 'podstaty' is used as a noun in genitive case, meaning 'of the essence'.
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