Questions & Answers about Ona puno čita o prirodi i umjetnosti.
Why is the word for nature prirodi here instead of priroda?
The preposition o (meaning "about") requires the noun that follows it to take the locative case. For regular feminine nouns that end in -a like priroda, the ending changes to -i in the locative.
Wait, is umjetnosti plural? It ends in -i.
No, it's singular here! The base dictionary word is umjetnost (art). Nouns ending in -ost are feminine, but they belong to a special group that ends in a consonant rather than -a. For these nouns, the locative singular ending is -i. So, o umjetnosti simply means "about art."
Do I need to repeat o and say o prirodi i o umjetnosti?
You don't have to. When you connect two nouns with i (and) that share the same preposition, you usually only need to say the preposition once. The single o automatically applies the locative case to both prirodi and umjetnosti.
Can I put puno after the verb, like Ona čita puno o prirodi...?