"He buys brown shoes."

Translation: Dia membeli sepatu cokelat.

[anothernobody]

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

[Origin5world5_]

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

[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".