Breakdown of Često raspravljamo o složenosti moralnosti.
često
often
o
about / on (dependent on)
raspravljati
to discuss
složenost
complexity
moralnost
morality
Questions & Answers about Često raspravljamo o složenosti moralnosti.
Both složenosti and moralnosti end in -i. Are they in the same case?
No, they just happen to look identical because of how feminine nouns ending in -ost decline. Složenosti is in the locative case because it follows the preposition o (about). Moralnosti is in the genitive case because it expresses possession or relation (the complexity of morality). For feminine nouns ending in a consonant, the genitive, dative, and locative singular forms all take the -i ending.
How exactly are these abstract nouns derived from their base words?
Why do we use the preposition o here instead of just putting the noun in the accusative case?
In English, you "discuss something" using a direct object. In Croatian, the verb raspravljati cannot take a direct object. It requires the preposition o (about) followed by the locative case.
Could I just use the noun moral instead of moralnost in this sentence?
You could, but it changes the nuance. Moral usually refers to a specific system of ethics or a code of conduct. By using the derived noun moralnost, you are focusing specifically on the abstract concept or state of being moral.
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