"Die Tasche ist fertig."
Translation:The bag is done.
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I am doing the German Test as a native speaker just for fun right now and I could barely understand it. It sounds more like "fardig" to me.
I also wondered this, but the most common pronunciation at http://www.dict.cc/?s=fertig is more like the "fArtig" I heard here. I am losing most of my hearts to these vowels!
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Sorry if my earlier comment got posted halfway through. So my foundation in German pronunciations was laid by a native German speaker, who explained to me that in northern Germany, people usually pronounce the letters 'er' as 'ah' (i can't do phonetics unfortunately, but the exact sound is much like how the audio pronounces 'fertig' here) For example, the word 'verheiratet' is also pronounced as 'fyahr-high-rah-tet' Trust this helps!
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I agree, mom's always repairing holes in Daniel's pockets, so I thought "the pocket's done - die (Hosen) Tasche ist fertig"
I've had 5 years to dwell on it. "The bag is done" means the bag is finished, either some task involving it is complete or it has reached the end of its life. Meanwhile "the bag is ready" means that some task involving the bag is complete (filling, emptying, manufacturing, etc). One would never say this to mean that the bag should be discarded, but one might use "the bag is done" for this secondary meaning. Die Tashe ist kaput
If you worked at a clothing factory or as a dry-cleaner or tailor, sentences such as "the bag is done" or "the dress is done" make perfect sense. You finished sewing it or cleaning it, etc.
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I really wish they'd use more practical examples even if that meant to introduction of more words. Sentences that do not make sense or useless in actual life do not stick to memory.
It could mean someone is sewing/mending/ repairing a purse and the work is complete.It could also mean that a purse or bag has outlived its usefulness, is worn out/ready to be thrown out; therefore, the bag is done, as in done for.
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The item you are thinking about is Tasse. eine Tasse Kaffee is a cup of coffee (I'm not sure about the gender of Tasse).
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eine Tüte is a thin plastic bag, eine Tasche is a bag that lasts longer, because it is made of more durable material such as leather or canvas.