YOU SAID:
bag was be now and ''
INTO JAPANESE
バッグは今と'だった
BACK INTO ENGLISH
The bag was 'now'
INTO JAPANESE
バッグは「今」だった
BACK INTO ENGLISH
The bag was "now"
INTO JAPANESE
バッグは「今」だった
BACK INTO ENGLISH
The bag was "now"
That didn't even make that much sense in English.