Mi hermana envuelve el paquete con papel.

Envolver is the infinitive, meaning to wrap.
In this sentence, the verb is conjugated to match mi hermana (my sister), which is third person singular.

So:

• envolver = to wrap
• yo envuelvo = I wrap
• tú envuelves = you wrap
• él/ella envuelve = he/she wraps

Because mi hermana = she, Spanish uses envuelve.

It is not completely regular. It is a stem-changing verb, like volver.

The o in the stem changes to ue in many present-tense forms:

• yo envuelvo
• tú envuelves
• él/ella envuelve
• nosotros envolvemos
• ellos envuelven

So in this sentence, envuelve shows that o → ue change.

In Spanish, nouns usually need an article or another determiner much more often than in English.

Here, el paquete means the package:

• el = the
• paquete = package

Saying just envuelve paquete would sound incomplete or unnatural in standard Spanish.

In Spanish, mi already works as a possessive determiner, so you do not normally use an article before it.

So:

• mi hermana = my sister
• tu hermana = your sister
• su hermana = his/her/their sister

Using la mi hermana is not standard modern Spanish in normal speech.

No. In mi hermana, mi has no accent because it is the possessive adjective meaning my.

Compare:

• mi = my
• mí = me / myself (used after prepositions)

Examples:

• mi casa = my house
• para mí = for me

So here it must be mi, without an accent.

Because it refers to a female sibling.

Spanish nouns often reflect biological sex for people:

• hermano = brother
• hermana = sister

Since the person is female, Spanish uses hermana.

Also notice that mi does not change for gender:

• mi hermano
• mi hermana

Con means with, so con papel means with paper or using paper.

It tells you what material is being used to wrap the package.

So the structure is:

• envuelve = wraps
• el paquete = the package
• con papel = with paper

In natural English, this could be understood as wraps the package in paper or with paper, depending on context.

Spanish and English do not always use prepositions the same way.

Spanish commonly uses con to express the material or instrument used:

• cortar con un cuchillo = cut with a knife
• escribir con lápiz = write with a pencil
• envolver con papel = wrap with paper

Even if English might prefer in paper in some contexts, Spanish naturally says con papel.

Yes, en papel can also be heard and understood, and it emphasizes that the package ends up wrapped in paper. But con papel is very natural and common for expressing the material used.

A helpful distinction is:

• con papel = using paper
• en papel = in paper / wrapped in paper

In many everyday situations, both can work, but con papel is a very normal choice.

Spanish often uses the same basic word order as English:

subject + verb + object + extra information

Here:

• Mi hermana = subject
• envuelve = verb
• el paquete = direct object
• con papel = prepositional phrase

So the sentence is very straightforward.

Spanish can sometimes change word order for emphasis, but this version is the most neutral and natural.

Because it comes directly after the verb with no preposition, so it is the direct object.

• Mi hermana = the person doing the action
• envuelve = the action
• el paquete = what gets wrapped

Meanwhile, con papel is introduced by the preposition con, so it is extra information, not the direct object.

The personal a is generally used before specific people (and sometimes pets or personified beings), not ordinary things.

Compare:

• Veo a mi hermana. = I see my sister.
• Envuelve el paquete. = She wraps the package.

Because el paquete is a thing, not a person, there is no personal a.

A helpful approximate pronunciation is:

en-BWEL-beh

A few notes:

• en sounds like en in ten, but shorter
• vue in vuelve sounds roughly like bwel
• In most of Latin America, b and v sound very similar
• The stress is on vuel: en-VUEL-ve

So: en-VUEL-ve

Because the sentence is talking about paper as a material, not several separate papers.

• papel = paper
• papeles = papers / documents / sheets of paper

When English uses an uncountable noun like paper, Spanish often uses the singular too.

So con papel means with paper in the general material sense.

Yes. Envolver can also mean to envelop, to surround, or to involve in certain contexts.

For example, depending on context, it could suggest:

• physically wrapping something
• covering something
• surrounding something

But in this sentence, with el paquete con papel, the meaning is clearly wraps.

You would change the subject, verb, and any nouns as needed.

For example:

• Mis hermanas envuelven el paquete con papel. = My sisters wrap the package with paper.
• Mi hermana envuelve los paquetes con papel. = My sister wraps the packages with paper.

Notice:

• mi → mis for plural possession
• envuelve → envuelven for they
• el paquete → los paquetes for plural packages

Yes, if the subject is already clear from context.

Spanish often drops subject pronouns and sometimes even leaves out the noun subject when it is understood. However, in this sentence, mi hermana is included because the speaker wants to state clearly who is doing the action.

So:

• Mi hermana envuelve el paquete con papel. = full, clear subject
• Envuelve el paquete con papel. = She wraps the package with paper, if context makes she clear

Envuelve is the simple present tense. It can mean:

• wraps
• is wrapping (depending on context)

Está envolviendo is the present progressive and emphasizes that the action is happening right now.

So:

• Mi hermana envuelve el paquete con papel. = My sister wraps / is wrapping the package with paper.
• Mi hermana está envolviendo el paquete con papel. = My sister is wrapping the package with paper right now.

In Spanish, the simple present is often used more broadly than in English.