Mi amiga expone y esculpe obras de arte.

Mi without an accent is a possessive adjective meaning my.

• mi amiga = my friend

Mí with an accent is a prepositional pronoun meaning me, used after prepositions:

• para mí = for me
• sin mí = without me

So here, because the sentence means my friend, the correct form is mi.

Because the friend is understood to be female.

In Spanish, nouns for people often change form depending on gender:

• amigo = male friend
• amiga = female friend

Since the sentence says Mi amiga, it means my female friend.

Spanish often leaves out subject pronouns when they are not necessary, because the verb ending already gives useful information.

So instead of saying:

• Ella expone y esculpe obras de arte

Spanish commonly says:

• Mi amiga expone y esculpe obras de arte

The subject is already clear: mi amiga.

Both are in the present indicative.

They mean that your friend exhibits/displays and sculpts/carves art works, either:

• as a general fact
• habitually
• or in the present time, depending on context

Examples of this tense:

• expone = she exhibits
• esculpe = she sculpts

Because both verbs are conjugated for he/she/you (formal) in the present tense.

The infinitives are:

• exponer = to exhibit / to display
• esculpir = to sculpt / to carve

Their él/ella/usted forms are:

• expone
• esculpe

Since the subject is mi amiga = she, those are the correct forms.

Not here. This is an important vocabulary point.

The verb exponer can have different meanings depending on context, including:

• to exhibit
• to display
• to present
• sometimes to explain/present an idea

But in the sentence Mi amiga expone y esculpe obras de arte, the phrase obras de arte makes it clear that expone means something like:

• exhibits
• displays

So the idea is that she shows art publicly, for example in a gallery or exhibition.

Esculpe comes from esculpir, which means:

• to sculpt
• to carve

So esculpe obras de arte means she creates art by sculpting or carving it.

It is a more specific artistic verb than a general verb like hacer (to make).

Obras de arte means works of art or art pieces.

• obra = work
• obras = works
• de arte = of art

So this phrase refers to individual artistic creations, not just art in a general abstract sense.

Compare:

• Hace arte = She makes art.
• Esculpe obras de arte = She sculpts works of art.

The second one sounds more specific and concrete.

Because Spanish often omits the article when speaking about things in a general sense, especially after some verbs.

So:

• esculpe obras de arte = she sculpts works of art

This sounds natural when talking about what she does in general.

If you say:

• esculpe las obras de arte

that would usually suggest specific works of art already known in the conversation.

Y means and. It connects the two actions:

• expone = exhibits
• esculpe = sculpts

So the sentence says your friend does both things.

Also, Spanish sometimes changes y to e before a word that begins with an i sound:

• padre e hijo

But here the next word is esculpe, which begins with an e sound, so y stays the same.

Usually, this sentence sounds more like a general statement about what your friend does, such as her profession, hobby, or usual activity.

It most naturally means something like:

• My friend exhibits and sculpts works of art
• My friend exhibits and sculpts art pieces

If you want to stress that she is doing it right now, Spanish often uses context or another structure, depending on what exactly you mean.

A simple pronunciation guide is:

mee ah-MEE-gah eks-POH-neh ee es-KOOL-peh OH-brahs deh AR-teh

A few helpful notes:

• mi sounds like mee
• amiga has the stress on -mi-
• expone has the stress on -po-
• esculpe has the stress on -cul-
• obras has the stress on o-
• arte has the stress on ar-

In most Latin American accents:

• y sounds like ee
• the h is silent in Spanish, but there is no h in this sentence
• r in arte is a light tap, not a strong English r