"The woman is wearing the jackets."

Translation: Die Frau trägt die Jacken.

[Ivana_]

Does this mean that the woman is wearing multiple jackets at the same time? Can anyone tell me if this is a good sentence in German?

[dclyne]

I think it could mean to wear multiple jackets at the same time as in layering but I think it can also mean The woman is carrying the jackets

[MechFactions]

I would imagine the situation as being one in which she is the only one around who wears jackets.

[deactivated user]

im confused, when is needed to use "ä" instead of "a" in trag?

[jess1camar1e]

'tragen' is a stem-changing verb. All stem-changing verbs change in the "du" and "er/sie/es" forms.

There are 3 types of stem-changers:

a - ä : tragen - sie trägt, but wir tragen

e - ie : sehen - du siehst, but ich sehe

e - i : geben - es gibt, but ihr gebt

Hope this helps!

[CrisPG]

For
er/sie/es you use trägt

[eleuthero]

If I used "Mantel" here, this is one of those that changes to the ä in the plural--is there a rule for knowing when?