Breakdown of Посмотри на этикетку, чтобы найти логотип.
на
on, at / by (transport) / to (a place) / to (in answer to)
посмотреть
to watch (perfective) / to look at (perfective)
найти
to find
чтобы
in order to
этикетка
label
логотип
logo
Questions & Answers about Посмотри на этикетку, чтобы найти логотип.
Why is it на этикетку instead of just этикетку?
In Russian, the verb посмотреть (to look) requires the preposition на followed by the accusative case to mean 'look at'. Since этикетка (label) is a feminine noun, its accusative form is этикетку.
Why is чтобы followed by the infinitive найти here?
When the person performing the action is the same in both halves of the sentence (you look, you find), чтобы (in order to) is followed by an infinitive. If you wanted to say 'I want you to find...', the subjects would be different, and you would use чтобы followed by the past tense.
Why are both verbs in this sentence perfective (посмотри, найти)?
We use the perfective imperative посмотри because this is a request to perform a single, specific action right now. We use the perfective найти because the goal is the successful result (actually finding the logo), rather than the ongoing process of searching.
Why didn't the ending of логотип change?
Because логотип is a masculine inanimate noun. When a masculine inanimate noun is in the accusative case (acting as the direct object of найти), its form stays exactly the same as its nominative dictionary form.
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