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Okrećeš li ponekad kutiju i gledaš sliku?

Okrećeš li ponekad kutiju i gledaš sliku?
Do you sometimes turn the box and look at the picture?
From Lesson 495:Jigsaw Puzzles·Croatian

Questions & Answers about Okrećeš li ponekad kutiju i gledaš sliku?

Why are the verbs okrećeš and gledaš imperfective here?
The adverb ponekad (sometimes) triggers the need for imperfective verbs. Because it shows the action is a repeated or habitual event, you must use the imperfective forms okretati (to turn) and gledati (to look) instead of their perfective pairs okrenuti and pogledati, which would be used for a single, completed action.
Why is there no Croatian preposition for the English word 'at' before sliku?
Unlike English, the Croatian verb gledati (to look / to watch) is directly transitive. This means it takes a direct object in the accusative case without any preposition. You simply say gledaš sliku, which translates literally as 'you watch the picture'.
Where else could the question particle li be placed in this sentence?
Nowhere else. The question particle li must come immediately after the first stressed word of the clause, which here is the verb Okrećeš. If you wanted to start the sentence with ponekad, you would have to switch to the Da li question structure, such as Da li ponekad okrećeš kutiju...
Does the second verb gledaš need its own question particle?
No, because the two verbs are connected by the conjunction i (and) and share the same subject (the implied ti). The single question particle li at the start of the sentence successfully applies to both actions in the sentence.

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