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Ya hemos envuelto el jarrón frágil.

Ya hemos envuelto el jarrón frágil.
We have already wrapped the fragile vase.
From Lesson 117:Present perfect triggers (ya, todavía no)·Spanish (Latin America)

Questions & Answers about Ya hemos envuelto el jarrón frágil.

Can I put ya between hemos and envuelto, like how we say 'have already wrapped' in English?
No, in Spanish you can never separate the two parts of the present perfect (hemos and envuelto). Words like ya (already) usually go right before the helping verb, which is why it sits before hemos in this sentence.
What is the infinitive (dictionary form) of envuelto, and why doesn't it end in -ado or -ido?
The verb is envolver (to wrap). It has an irregular past participle. If you remember that the verb volver (to return) irregularly becomes vuelto, it helps to know that envolver follows the exact same pattern to become envuelto.
Why does frágil come after jarrón?
In Spanish, descriptive adjectives like frágil (fragile) almost always come after the noun they describe. This is the opposite of English, where we put the adjective first.
Why do both jarrón and frágil have written accent marks?
They both break the natural stress rules of Spanish. Words ending in an 'n', 's', or a vowel naturally stress the second-to-last syllable, so jarrón needs an accent to stress the last syllable. Words ending in other consonants (like 'l') naturally stress the last syllable, so frágil needs an accent to stress the first one.

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