Questions & Answers about तोहफ़ा कागज़ में लपेटो।
What does लपेटो tell me about who is being addressed?
लपेटो is an imperative form, so the sentence is giving a command or instruction: Wrap ...
More specifically, लपेटो is the command form usually used with तुम. So it sounds like:
- तुम तोहफ़ा कागज़ में लपेटो। = Wrap the gift in paper.
This is:
- less rude/direct than a तू command,
- less polite/formal than an आप command.
Compare:
- लपेट → command to तू
- लपेटो → command to तुम
- लपेटिए / लपेटिये / लपेटें → command to आप
So if you wanted a more polite version, you could say:
- तोहफ़ा कागज़ में लपेटिए।
Why is में used here?
में is a postposition meaning in, inside, into in many contexts.
In this sentence, कागज़ में literally means in paper, but in natural English we usually say in paper or with paper depending on context. With लपेटना (to wrap), Hindi commonly uses में for the material something is wrapped in:
- कपड़े में लपेटो = wrap it in cloth
- कागज़ में लपेटो = wrap it in paper
So कागज़ में is a normal Hindi way to express .