Gdje je kuhača i gdje je drugi poklopac od lonca?

Because this sentence is really two parallel questions joined by i (and):

• Gdje je kuhača?
• Gdje je drugi poklopac od lonca?

Repeating gdje je makes it clear that the speaker is asking separately about two different things.

You could also combine them more tightly as:

• Gdje su kuhača i drugi poklopac od lonca?

That would mean Where are the cooking spoon and the other/second lid of the pot?

So the version with repeated gdje je sounds like two singular questions linked together, while gdje su ... i ... treats them as one plural subject.

Because each part has a singular subject:

• kuhača = one cooking spoon
• drugi poklopac = one other/second lid

So each clause uses singular je:

• Gdje je kuhača?
• Gdje je drugi poklopac od lonca?

If you asked about both objects together as one combined subject, then you would use plural su:

• Gdje su kuhača i drugi poklopac od lonca?

Kuhača is in the nominative singular.

That is because it is the subject of the verb je in the clause Gdje je kuhača?

Basic breakdown:

• gdje = where
• je = is
• kuhača = the cooking spoon

So kuhača stays in the nominative, just as an English subject does.

Drugi is an adjective meaning second or other, and it has to agree with poklopac in gender, number, and case.

Here:

• poklopac is masculine singular nominative
• so the adjective must also be masculine singular nominative
• therefore: drugi poklopac

Compare:

• druga kuhača = the other/second cooking spoon
  (kuhača is feminine)
• drugo jelo = the other/second dish
  (jelo is neuter)

That is normal in Croatian. Drugi can mean both:

• second
• other / another

So drugi poklopac can mean:

• the second lid
• the other lid

Context tells you which meaning is intended.

In everyday speech, very often it simply means the other one.

Both are possible, but they are a little different in style.

• poklopac od lonca = lid of the pot / pot lid
• poklopac lonca = lid of the pot

The structure with od + genitive is very common and very transparent for learners. It clearly shows a relationship like of.

So:

• od lonca = of the pot

In many contexts, poklopac lonca may sound a bit more compact or formal, while poklopac od lonca is very natural in everyday speech.

Because od requires the genitive case.

The dictionary form is:

• lonac = pot

After od, it becomes:

• od lonca = of the pot

So:

• lonac = nominative singular
• lonca = genitive singular

This is a very common pattern in Croatian:

• čaša vode / čaša od vode
• vrata od kuće
• poklopac od lonca

In this sentence, yes, the best translation is of:

• poklopac od lonca = the lid of the pot

But more generally, od can also mean from, depending on context.

For example:

• Dolazim od prijatelja. = I’m coming from my friend’s place.
• napravljen od drveta = made of wood

So od is a flexible preposition, but here it marks possession/association: the lid belonging to the pot.

Yes, people may understand it, but it is less clear.

Gdje je kuhača i gdje je drugi poklopac od lonca? is clearer because it shows two separate questions.

If you want one verb for both nouns, then it is better to switch to plural:

• Gdje su kuhača i drugi poklopac od lonca?

So the most natural options are usually:

• Gdje je kuhača i gdje je drugi poklopac od lonca?
• Gdje su kuhača i drugi poklopac od lonca?

The version with a single je before two nouns is less neat grammatically.

Yes, Croatian word order is fairly flexible, though not completely free.

The neutral order here is:

• Gdje je kuhača?
• Gdje je drugi poklopac od lonca?

You might also hear variations for emphasis, such as:

• Gdje je drugi poklopac od lonca?
• Drugi poklopac od lonca gdje je?
  This is more marked and usually conversational/emphatic.

For learners, the standard question pattern Gdje je ...? is the safest choice.

Kuhača usually means a cooking spoon, often a larger spoon used for stirring while cooking, especially a wooden one.

It is not the ordinary eating spoon. An eating spoon is:

• žlica

Depending on region, you may also hear:

• varjača

So kuhača is specifically a kitchen utensil for cooking, not just any spoon.

A simple learner-friendly pronunciation is roughly:

• ku-ha-cha

More specifically:

• ku as in coo
• ha with a clear h
• ča with č sounding like ch in chocolate

So: koo-HA-cha

And poklopac od lonca is roughly:

• POK-lo-pats od LON-tsa

Not perfect English-based phonetics, but close enough to be helpful.

Because Croatian has no articles like English a/an/the.

So:

• kuhača can mean a cooking spoon or the cooking spoon
• drugi poklopac od lonca can mean the other lid of the pot or a second lid of the pot

The exact meaning depends on context.

That is very normal in Croatian, and learners have to get used to understanding definiteness without articles.

Usually no, not if you mean the lid belonging to that pot.

• poklopac od lonca = the lid of the pot
• poklopac lonca = the pot’s lid

But za usually means for, so:

• poklopac za lonac would sound more like a lid for a pot, possibly a lid intended to fit a pot in general, not necessarily the lid of a specific pot.

So in this sentence, od lonca is the right choice.