Imaš li išta protiv toga da sutra zajedno uredimo vrt?

Li is a question particle. In Croatian, a very common way to form a yes/no question is:

verb + li

So Imaš li... means something like Do you have... / Do you mind...

This is more standard and natural than trying to make a question only through intonation in this kind of sentence.

Because li normally comes right after the first stressed word, and in this structure that word is usually the verb.

So:

• Imaš li...? = correct
• Li imaš...? = not correct

This is a common word-order rule in Croatian: short particles like li tend to appear in the second position.

Išta means anything.

So Imaš li išta protiv toga... literally means Do you have anything against that..., which is a natural way to say Do you mind if... or Would you object to...

It is a slightly more formal or careful way of asking than a very simple everyday question like Smeta li ti...?

The preposition protiv requires the genitive case.

That is why you get:

• to = that
• toga = of that / against that

So protiv toga literally means against that.

This is a set pattern you should learn as a unit:

• biti protiv + genitive
• imati nešto protiv + genitive

Because protiv normally needs a noun or pronoun after it. The pronoun toga works as a kind of placeholder for the whole following idea.

So the structure is:

Imaš li išta protiv toga da...

Literally: Do you have anything against that we...

Natural English does not use the same structure, but Croatian does. Without toga, the sentence would sound ungrammatical.

Here da introduces a subordinate clause, similar to that in English, but in this kind of sentence it often corresponds more naturally to English if or us doing something.

So:

Imaš li išta protiv toga da sutra zajedno uredimo vrt?

is literally closer to:

Do you have anything against that we tidy up the garden together tomorrow?

But in natural English, this becomes:

Do you mind if we tidy up the garden together tomorrow?

So da is not always translated directly word for word. Its job is grammatical: it introduces the action being discussed.

Uredimo is a finite verb form: 1st person plural, meaning we arrange / we tidy up / we put in order.

After da, Croatian usually uses a conjugated verb, not the infinitive.

So Croatian prefers:

• da uredimo = that we tidy up / for us to tidy up

rather than an infinitive like da urediti, which is not correct.

This is an important difference from English, which often uses infinitives where Croatian uses da + present-tense form.

This is about aspect.

• urediti / uredimo = perfective
• uređivati / uređujemo = imperfective

The perfective verb urediti focuses on completing the task: getting the garden tidied up and in order.

So da sutra zajedno uredimo vrt suggests: that we get the garden sorted/tidied up tomorrow

If you used uređujemo, it would sound more like an ongoing or repeated process, which is less suitable here.

In this sentence, the speaker is talking about a planned, completed action, so uredimo is the natural choice.

Formally, it is a present-tense form of a perfective verb. But in meaning, after da and with sutra, it refers to a future action.

This is very common in Croatian.

So although the form is present, the meaning is effectively:

that we tidy up tomorrow

This is one of the places where Croatian and English do not match word for word.

Vrt is the direct object of uredimo, so it is in the accusative singular.

For masculine inanimate nouns in Croatian, the accusative singular is often the same as the nominative singular.

So:

• nominative: vrt
• accusative: vrt

That is why the form does not visibly change.

Croatian has no articles like English a, an, or the.

So vrt can mean:

• a garden
• the garden

The exact meaning depends on context. In this sentence, it will usually be understood as the garden because both speakers likely know which garden is meant.

It is informal singular because of imaš.

• imaš = you have, speaking to one person informally
• imate = you have, speaking formally or to more than one person

So the formal version would be:

Imate li išta protiv toga da sutra zajedno uredimo vrt?

That would mean Do you mind if we tidy up the garden together tomorrow? when speaking politely to one person, or to multiple people.

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

The neutral order here is very natural:

Imaš li išta protiv toga da sutra zajedno uredimo vrt?

You could move some elements for emphasis, for example:

• Imaš li išta protiv toga da zajedno sutra uredimo vrt?
• Imaš li išta protiv toga da vrt sutra zajedno uredimo?

These are possible, but the original sentence sounds the most neutral and natural in everyday use.

One thing that should stay stable is the placement of li right after the first stressed word.

Zajedno means together.

It shows that the speaker is proposing a shared activity, not just asking permission to do it alone.

So the idea is not merely: Do you mind if the garden gets tidied up tomorrow?

but specifically: Do you mind if we do it together tomorrow?

It adds a cooperative, inclusive tone.

Yes, it is correct and natural, though it sounds a bit careful or polite.

Other common ways to express a similar idea are:

• Smeta li ti da sutra zajedno uredimo vrt?
  = Would it bother you if we tidy up the garden together tomorrow?

• Bi li ti smetalo da sutra zajedno uredimo vrt?
  = Would you mind if we tidy up the garden together tomorrow?

• Jesi li za to da sutra zajedno uredimo vrt?
  = Are you up for tidying up the garden together tomorrow?

Your original sentence is perfectly good, but it has a slightly more formal or deliberate feel than the very common Smeta li ti... pattern.