Llegeix les instruccions i compta les caselles.

Yes. It is a direct command/instruction.

Here, llegeix and compta are addressed to one person informally: tu.

So this is the kind of sentence you might see in a workbook, worksheet, or classroom activity.

If you wanted to say it to more than one person, you would normally say:

Llegiu les instruccions i compteu les caselles.

If you wanted a formal singular version, you would say:

Llegeixi les instruccions i compti les caselles.

Because llegeix is the imperative form used for tu.

The infinitive is llegir = to read, but when you give a command to one person, Catalan changes the form:

• llegir → llegeix

This happens because llegir belongs to a group of -ir verbs that often use -eix- in certain forms.

So:

• Tu llegeixes = You read
• Llegeix! = Read!

For a regular -ar verb like comptar (to count), the tu imperative is:

• comptar → compta

This is very common in Catalan.

So:

• Tu comptes = You count
• Compta! = Count!

Les means the for feminine plural nouns.

It appears twice because there are two separate noun phrases:

• les instruccions = the instructions
• les caselles = the boxes/squares/cells

Catalan, like English here, uses the article separately with each noun.

Because both nouns are feminine plural:

• la instrucció → les instruccions
• la casella → les caselles

Use:

• els for masculine plural
• les for feminine plural

The singular forms are:

• la instrucció = the instruction
• la casella = the box / square / cell

In the sentence they are plural because the instruction refers to multiple instructions and multiple boxes/squares.

A useful pattern to notice:

• instrucció → instruccions

That -cció / -ccions pattern is very common in Catalan.

In this kind of sentence, caselles usually means small squares, boxes, or cells on a worksheet, puzzle, grid, or form.

So it usually does not mean a physical cardboard box. It is more like:

• little squares on a page
• answer boxes
• grid cells

A rough pronunciation is something like lyeh-ZHESH.

A few helpful parts:

• ll is a palatal sound; in some accents it sounds a bit like ly, and in others more like y
• g before e sounds like the s in measure
• the final -x here sounds like sh

So llegeix is not pronounced the way an English speaker might guess from the spelling.

Yes, normally yes.

Compta is pronounced roughly like KOMP-tuh, with the p heard in the -mpt- cluster.

So it is not like the p is silent.

I is the Catalan word for and.

So:

• llegeix ... i compta ... = read ... and count ...

It is pronounced like ee.

In this sentence it joins two instructions, and the order naturally suggests:

1. first read the instructions
2. then count the boxes/squares

Because Catalan usually omits subject pronouns unless they are needed for emphasis or contrast.

So Llegeix les instruccions i compta les caselles is completely normal.

You could say Tu llegeix..., but that would usually sound more emphatic, contrastive, or less natural in a simple instruction.