"He buys brown shoes."

Translation: Dia membeli sepatu cokelat.

[stephenpeckhover]

Why was I marked wrong for writing "sepatu-sepatu"?

[Gill714966]

I’m sure there’s a reason if only I could find it explained somewhere. As it is, it seems like a coin toss. Here, have a lingot, fellow sufferer

[enigmajf]

sepatu already implies one pair of shoes. Sepatu-sepatu imply more than one pair of shoes. therefore if one says "aku punya sepatu" it is understood to mean "i've one pair of shoes"

[Origin5world5_]

I wrote "sepatu yang cokelat" but it was wrong. Is there a reason why 'yang' cannot be used here?

[Annita1980]

Sepatu yang coklat = the shoes that's brown, or the shoes in brown color.

Sepatu coklat = brown shoes.

[AlistairMc244886]

I was previously taught brown was coklat and cokelat is chocolate. It accepts the former but says its a typo.

[lockers001]

My dictionary gives both spellings for both definitions ... except that the colour is described as chocolate colour; not brown.

[JJMuskitta]

I would rather say Dia membeli sepatu warna cokelat.
The above says that he/she buys chocolate shoes.

[AVAX3M]

The above says that he/she buys chocolate shoes.

"Cokelat" can mean "chocolate" or "brown" even without "warna".

[GordonDrum1]

Is there a difference between "cokelat " and "coklat". My Indonesia dictionary uses the latter.

[dwOxHTZv]

Google Translate accepts the spelling "coklat" for brown but Duolingo does not.