Past tense and continuous tense of verb (持った・持っている)


I was watching a Japanese video and it seems it is more accurate to say 傘を持った
rather then 傘を持っている to indicate that I am holding an umbrella. For example if
someone asks "傘を持った？" the grammatically correct reply would be "持ったよ" rather
then "持っているよ". Why is this so? To me, 持った sounds like I held the umbrella (and
don't have it now), whilst 持っている sounds like I am holding an umbrella now.
Therefore, 持っている sounds more correct, but that doesn't seem to be the case.




傘(を)持った？ is mostly used in this situation, which is when you go out and it
looks like rain, your mother(or someone) says "傘持った？". This た means
"completion" and this 持つ means "have" or "take" rather than "hold". I think
"To hold an umbrella" is translated as 傘をさす.

