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Well I thought the same thing as you did... lol
I think that this sentence can be translated into English with a plural : he buys brown shoes.
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Agreed. It probably makes more sense that way. (People usually don't buy just one single shoe)
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We never buy just one shoe. Please change the translation to “He buys brown shoes.”
I learned "coklat" for brown. Was my native Indoneisan speaking University lecturer wrong?
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Hai teman! Both are correct, and used (cokelat / coklat) nowadays in Indonesia. Just "cokelat" is the officially correct in the official dictionary (Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia), so I insist "cokelat" is not more correct, just the most official.
Selamat belajar! :)
well in the dictionary its spell cokelat but the pronunciation is coklat.. so nowadays we tend to spell it coklat.. same goes to isteri -> istri : wife, putera -> putra : son, puteri -> putri : daughter, karena -> karna : because, etc... I think the gov of education should change the dictionary spelling
One does not buy one shoe. I think it should be: "He buys brown shoes."
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Hai teman! I understand what you mean. I think semantically it is more correct to use the English plural noun. But also, I think this course is intended to show how the Indonesian noun can be translated as singular and plural as well, and grammatically correct as well. I hope you can also report your sentence to be included to alternative sentences.
Selamat belajar! :)
OK, I understand it just means brown, but can't it hypothetically mean "chocolate shoes"? Both as a colour ('exactly the colour of chocolate') or even shoes actually made from chocolate?
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sepatu terbuat dari cokelat.
Nice pictures in these articles:
https://www.money.id/video/food/sepatu-cantik-terbuat-dari-cokelat-1602122.html
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