तोहफ़ा कागज़ में लपेटो।

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।

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 wrapped in paper.

Great question. In this sentence:

• तोहफ़ा is the thing being wrapped.
• कागज़ में is the material/location phrase: in paper.

Hindi does not always mark the direct object with को. In fact, को is often omitted with inanimate, non-specific, or general direct objects.

So:

• तोहफ़ा लपेटो = wrap the gift

is completely normal.

You could say तोहफ़े को in some contexts for emphasis or specificity, but it is not necessary here.

Also, कागज़ is not the direct object here, so कागज़ को would be wrong in this sentence. The paper is part of the phrase कागज़ में.

Hindi word order is often Subject–Object–Verb, and other phrases usually come before the verb too. So this structure is very normal:

• तोहफ़ा = object
• कागज़ में = postpositional phrase
• लपेटो = verb

So:

• तोहफ़ा कागज़ में लपेटो।

is a natural order.

You can also change the order for focus or style, for example:

• कागज़ में तोहफ़ा लपेटो।
• तोहफ़ा लपेटो कागज़ में। (less neutral, more marked)

But the default learner-friendly order is the original one.

तोहफ़ा is masculine.

You can see that in other forms:

• direct singular: तोहफ़ा
• oblique singular: तोहफ़े

In this sentence, the noun stays as तोहफ़ा because it is not followed by a postposition.

Gender does not visibly affect लपेटो here, because this is an imperative form. But gender would matter in other sentence types, for example:

• तोहफ़ा लपेटा गया। = The gift was wrapped.
• चीज़ लपेटी गई। = The thing/item was wrapped.

Here the participle agrees differently depending on gender.

The dictionary form of the verb is लपेटना, meaning to wrap.

A very simple breakdown is:

• लपेटना = to wrap
• stem: लपेट-
• imperative for तुम: लपेटो

So:

• लपेटो = wrap! / wrap it!

Other useful forms:

• लपेटना = to wrap
• लपेटता है = wraps / is wrapping
• लपेटो = wrap! (to tum)
• लपेटिए = please wrap (to aap)

Hindi does not have articles like English a/an/the.

So a noun like तोहफ़ा can mean:

• a gift
• the gift

Which one is meant depends on context.

That is why:

• तोहफ़ा कागज़ में लपेटo।

can be translated naturally as Wrap the gift in paper or Wrap a gift in paper, depending on the situation. If the meaning has already been shown to the learner, the context tells you which English article fits best.

No. तोहफ़ा is common, but another very common word is उपहार.

For example:

• तोहफ़ा कागज़ में लपेटो।
• उपहार कागज़ में लपेटो।

Both can mean Wrap the gift in paper.

The difference is mainly style/register:

• तोहफ़ा sounds everyday and common.
• उपहार can sound a bit more formal or literary.

Those dots are called nukta marks. They are used in Hindi to represent sounds borrowed mainly from Persian/Arabic.

In this sentence:

• फ़ in तोहफ़ा represents an f sound
• ज़ in कागज़ represents a z sound

So the more precise spellings are:

• तोहफ़ा
• कागज़

But in everyday Hindi, many people also write:

• तोहफा
• कागज

These simplified spellings are very common and are not unusual at all. So learners should recognize both versions.

A simple pronunciation guide is:

• तोहफ़ा ≈ toh-fa
• कागज़ ≈ kaa-gaz
• में ≈ mein (nasalized)
• लपेटो ≈ luh-pay-toh

Put together:

• toh-fa kaa-gaz mein luh-pay-toh

A few notes:

• का in कागज़ is long: kaa
• में has nasalization at the end
• फ़ is like English f
• ज़ is like English z

To make it more polite, change the imperative to an आप form:

• तोहफ़ा कागज़ में लपेटिए।
• तोहफ़ा कागज़ में लपेटिये।
• तोहफ़ा कागज़ में लपेटें।

These all mean roughly Please wrap the gift in paper.

Very roughly:

• लपेट = rough/intimate
• लपेटो = familiar/informal
• लपेटिए / लपेटें = polite/formal

So the original sentence is fine for speaking to a friend, child, or someone you address as तुम.

Yes. Hindi imperatives are often used not only for direct commands, but also for:

• instructions,
• recipe steps,
• packing directions,
• written labels,
• informal guidance.

So तोहफ़ा कागज़ में लपेटो। could mean:

• a direct command to someone,
• a step in a list of instructions,
• a casual suggestion like Go ahead and wrap the gift in paper.

The exact tone depends on context and who is speaking to whom.