"Dlaczego nie bierzesz torby?"

Translation: Why are you not taking a bag?

[LangForThought]

So is "bierzesz" a verb that takes a genitive object, then? What would "why are you not taking the bags?" be?

Edit: Nevermind, just remembered the negative-genitive rule.

[LarsHaugom]

I believe "Why do you not take a bag" should be an appropiate answer :)

[sirwootalot]

It's odd, but not wrong - "why are you not" would sound more natural.

[dj___]

For me “why are you not…” sounds weird, I’m much more used to “why don’t you…”

[LarsHaugom]

However, English is not my first language - hence I could be off

[Viersch]

Yes, it should.

[Ubeogesh]

Can the question in this form be used as a proposal, i.e. "Why don't you take a bag?" or it would be better to phrase it differently?

[ChristineB958863]

What's the difference between a purse and a handbag?

[Jellei]

Well, they can be synonymous, but "purse" can also be more like a... women's wallet ;)

[Syldron]

In the hints for "torby", it says both bag and handbag, but handbag is not an accepted answer ("You used the wrong word"). The Cambridge Dictionary translates handbag to "torebka", so I am guessing that "torba" is bigger than a handbag?

[Jellei]

Personally I'd rather teach "torebka", it seems more common to me, while "torba" is indeed bigger - although one can have a big handbag, of course. Anyway, this sentence and any other with "torba" should accept "handbag". Added now.

[Syldron]

Dziękuję!

[GrasKauwer]

Because we should reduce on plastic usage, of course. :)