Direktur mengadakan rapat.

Indonesian basic sentence order is usually Subject + Verb + Object, just like English.

So in Direktur mengadakan rapat:

• Direktur = the subject
• mengadakan = the verb
• rapat = the object

Literally, it is:

• Director holds/conducts meeting

Putting direktur after the verb would change the structure and sound wrong in this sentence.

It can mean either, depending on context.

Indonesian usually does not use articles like the or a/an. So direktur by itself could mean:

• the director
• a director
• sometimes even director in a general sense

You figure out the exact meaning from context.

Indonesian verbs do not change for tense the way English verbs do. The verb mengadakan stays the same whether the action is present, past, or future.

So Direktur mengadakan rapat could mean:

• The director holds a meeting
• The director held a meeting
• The director is holding a meeting

Context usually tells you which time is meant. If needed, Indonesian can add time words such as:

• kemarin = yesterday
• sekarang = now
• besok = tomorrow

Example:

• Kemarin direktur mengadakan rapat. = Yesterday the director held a meeting.

Mengadakan commonly means:

• to hold
• to conduct
• to organize
• to arrange

In the context of rapat (meeting), it is very natural to translate it as:

• hold a meeting
• conduct a meeting

So Direktur mengadakan rapat means the director is the one causing the meeting to happen or organizing it.

Yes. Mengadakan is related to the root ada, which often has the idea of existing or being present. In actual usage, mengadakan has developed the meaning to hold / to organize / to set up something.

You do not need to interpret it word-for-word every time. It is best learned as a common verb in its own right, especially in phrases like:

• mengadakan rapat = hold a meeting
• mengadakan acara = hold an event
• mengadakan penelitian = conduct research

Meng- is a common Indonesian verb prefix, part of the meN- family of prefixes. It often forms active verbs.

Here:

• root: ada
• verb form: mengadakan

This prefix often indicates that the subject actively does the action.

For learners, the important point is:

• mengadakan is the active verb form used here
• you will often see many Indonesian verbs beginning with me-, mem-, men-, meng-, or meny-

Those different shapes depend on the first sound of the root.

Yes, in this sentence rapat is a noun meaning meeting.

But rapat can also be an adjective in other contexts, meaning things like:

• close together
• tight
• dense

For example, in another sentence it could describe spacing or arrangement.

But in mengadakan rapat, the meaning is clearly to hold a meeting, so rapat is a noun here.

No. Indonesian verbs do not change based on the subject.

So whether the subject is:

• saya = I
• dia = he/she
• mereka = they
• direktur = the director

the verb form can stay the same:

• Saya mengadakan rapat.
• Dia mengadakan rapat.
• Mereka mengadakan rapat.
• Direktur mengadakan rapat.

This is much simpler than English verb agreement.

Yes, it can.

In Indonesian, job titles are often used:

• as ordinary nouns: seorang direktur = a director
• as titles of address: Direktur, like Director

Whether it means the director in a general sentence or is being used almost like a title depends on context and intonation. In a simple sentence like this, it most naturally means the director or a director as the subject.

Indonesian nouns usually do not have a separate singular/plural form the way English does.

So rapat can mean:

• a meeting
• meeting
• in some contexts even meetings

But in this sentence, the most natural interpretation is a meeting.

If Indonesian wants to make plurality clearer, it can do so with context, numbers, or reduplication:

• rapat-rapat = meetings
• beberapa rapat = several meetings

You would normally use tidak before the verb:

• Direktur tidak mengadakan rapat.

This means:

• The director did not hold a meeting
• The director is not holding a meeting
• The director does not hold a meeting

Again, context tells you the time.

Usually, mengadakan rapat is the natural expression for hold/conduct/organize a meeting.

Membuat rapat is generally not the normal choice here. Membuat means to make, and while English sometimes says make a meeting happen, Indonesian strongly prefers mengadakan rapat for this idea.

So for a learner, it is best to remember:

• mengadakan rapat = the standard collocation

A simple approximate pronunciation for English speakers is:

• direktur ≈ dee-REK-toor
• mengadakan ≈ meng-ah-DAH-kan
• rapat ≈ RAH-paht

A few helpful notes:

• r is usually rolled or tapped
• a is generally like the a in father
• the e in meng- is a schwa-like sound, similar to the a in about

So the full sentence is approximately:

• dee-REK-toor meng-ah-DAH-kan RAH-paht

It is neutral to formal and completely natural.

The words direktur, mengadakan, and rapat are common in workplace, business, school, and official contexts. This sounds like standard Indonesian you might see in a report, announcement, or news item.

In very casual everyday conversation, people might choose different wording depending on the situation, but this sentence itself is normal and correct.