Questions & Answers about Na stranici škole piše novi raspored ispita.
Why is the preposition na used in na stranici instead of u?
Na is used for things that are thought of as a surface or a platform: na stolu (on the table), na televiziji (on TV), na internetu (on the internet), na stranici (on the page/website).
Web pages and printed pages are seen as flat surfaces you put text on, so Croatian uses na.
U stranici would sound wrong in this context; u is used more for enclosed spaces (in a room, in a box, in a book as a whole: u knjizi).
What cases are used in na stranici škole, and why?
Two different cases are used:
stranici – locative singular of stranica
- It is required by na when talking about a static location: na + locative = on/at (somewhere).
- So na stranici = on the page / on the site.
škole – genitive singular of škola
- A noun in genitive after another noun often expresses possession or belonging.
- stranica škole literally = page of the school → the school’s page.
So na stranici škole = on the school’s page (on the school’s website).