"Meine Frau hat zehn Taschen aus Leder!"

Translation: My wife owns ten leather bags!

[polomare]

I used "handbags" because let's face it "ten bags of leather" just sounds gross.

Duolingo owl flew away with one of my hearts, tho. :(

Looks like my next purse will be made of owlskin.

[AndreRhineDavis]

A "bag of leather" sounds like a bag that is carrying leather.
"Taschen aus Leder" means bags made of leather, and I think this translates most naturally as "leather bags"

[Igorovitsch]

Meine Frau hat zehn Ledertaschen.

[FisherLiz]

Love this! Green owlskin?

[polomare]

Yup. Complete with feathers.
And inside the purse... all the hearts that DuoOwl has STOLEN from all the innocent language learners! ;)

[FisherLiz]

One BIG bag, then, whatever it's made of. Greedy little owl - we must definitely try harder not to give them up so stupidly. . . back to the exercises!

[KhaledRa]

"my wife has ten bags from leather" wrong!! shouldn't be accepted??

[Frank313433]

You could say "My wife has ten bags made from leather", but " ... made of leather" sounds more natural to a native speaker of English.
KhaledRa's phrase would make sense if "leather" were a proper noun (and therefore capitalized).
If "Leather" is a place or a person, then bags can be from that place (identifying the origin) or person (indicating that they were a gift).

[LawrenceDa807648]

My wife has 10 leather bags. Meine Frau besitzt zehn Taschen aus Leder! Hmm.

[radami1]

What is wrong with pocketbooks or is my dialect a product of my age?

[xakana]

To me, a 'pocketbook' is a large wallet?

[jaye16]

i like pocketbooks but played it safe with just "bags" but think both should be accepted. Did you report it?

[strawberrybush4]

"Well, my wife owns ten green invisible bears!"

[lakshaybahl]

At first i read it interpreted as 'Unfortunately' derived from Leider Ja
I literally translated it to- " My wife has ten bags unfortunately" :3

[oyyt]

"My wife has ten cups which are made of leather". Why is this sentence wrong?

[FisherLiz]

It's "Taschen", not "Tassen".

[Weglang]

Sie beide sind cute lol

[FilledM]

O_O

[FisherLiz]

And would anyone else agree that "ten handbags in leather" would be something special? "In" is just better English than "of", though.

[BrunoBom]

I guess "leather handbags", without the "of" quite work too

[Reinhild]

it didn't for me. It did not like handbags.

[xakana]

Which is why I said "made of"

[HarlzF]

What is the difference between Tüte and Tasche?

[Sufi72]

Die Tüte is a bag made either of paper or plastic to pack your shopping: Papiertüten, Plastiktüten.
https://www.duden.de/rechtschreibung/Tuete

Die Tasche is either a bag or a pocket. There are various kinds of bags e.g. Handtaschen, Einkaufstaschen (plastic and paper ones synonymous with Tüten).
https://www.duden.de/rechtschreibung/Tasche

[mOehlschlager]

Why not, "My wife has ten bags made of leather."?

[CapnDoug]

Sounds reasonable to me.

[Aeturnalis]

Would Germans say Ledertaschen (similar to Lederhosen)?

[Skb97]

Yep

[Theoj11]

I used "has ten leather bags." The translation for owns is "besitzt"

[nghicks]

Yesterday, Ledertaschen was accepted by Duo. Today, it is not. I missed the memo from Deutschland that they changed the language just last night.

[Damir521984]

This is wrong? Why?
"my wife has ten bag made of leather."

[nghicks]

I’m guessing it’s due to “bag,” when it should be “bags.” Most English nouns need to end in S when they show a plural. Not all, though.

[Damir521984]

oh, I see my mistake. Tnx

[DawsonDarl]

So does "lederhosen" simply mean leather pants? I never noticed any actually looking like they were made of leather.

[CapnDoug]

Yes, that is what it means. They do look like leather to me...

[Bryan100984]

My wife has ten purses made of leather

[Annaduck81]

It just says, bags, not necessarily handbags or purses.

[Heinrich234]

Hat zehn tasche now changes to bezits, poor

[dimkary]

"My wife has 10 leather bags" was not accepted. I think it should have

[todorovj]

So owns can be both haben and gehören?

[George440392]

And now my pocket is empty

[killerozzie12]

My wife!

[Sc0undrel]

Sick and tired of this sexist, misogynistic old joke repeated time and again in this "skill".

[IanisDonic]

ok

[yousif99339]

My wif has teen leather bags it must be ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤ right

[rose173982]

Hat owns? Has?

[CapnDoug]

I think "has" is a better (closer) translation than "owns".

"owns" would be "besitzt".

Meine Frau besitzt zehn Ledertaschen!

[IanisDonic]

why is my wife has 10 bags from leather not accepted

[CapnDoug]

For proper English that would need to be either "My wife has ten bags made from leather." or "My wife has ten bags made of leather." Also, Duo doesn't like numbers as digits rather than words.

[Gazun5]

In terms of natural language, would a German speaker be more inclined to say "Ledertaschen" or "Taschen aus Leder?" Are the two equivalent in meaning, or would the change of structure relay a tone to the speakers message?

[Reni258693]

Owns heißt besitzen und nicht hat!

[mikali157]

Why isn't "My wife has ten bags made of leather" accepted? And, if it isn't, how would you say "My wife has ten bags made of leather" in German?

[PatrikSaka]

My wife has ten bags out of leather. Isn't it correct?

[RussellBel13]

I'm and English speaker and am puzzled why "owns" is used rather than "has". Does "hat" also signify ownership in German?