jousetsuten to tokubetsuten no zuroku o yomimashita.

I read the catalogs for the permanent and special exhibitions.

Breakdown of jousetsuten to tokubetsuten no zuroku o yomimashita.

• を: direct object particle
• 読よむ: to read
• と: noun-connector particle
• の: possessive case particle

Questions & Answers about jousetsuten to tokubetsuten no zuroku o yomimashita.

How is this sentence put together grammatically?

A simple way to parse it is:

[常設展 と 特別展] の 図録 を 読みました。

So the structure is:

• 常設展 と 特別展 = the permanent exhibition and the special exhibition
• の = links that phrase to 図録
• 図録 = exhibition catalog(s)
• を = marks 図録 as the thing that was read
• 読みました = read (polite past)

Japanese usually puts the verb at the end, so the basic order is more like:

[the permanent and special exhibitions’ catalogs] [object marker] read

That is normal Japanese word order.

What does と mean here?

Here, と means and.

So:

• 常設展 と 特別展 = the permanent exhibition and the special exhibition

This と is used to join nouns in a complete list. It sounds like these are the specific two items being mentioned.

It is not the と meaning with in this sentence.

Does の attach only to 特別展, or to both 常設展 と 特別展?