Puing dibersihkan sesuai jadwal pengerjaan.

to be cleaned

Breakdown of Puing dibersihkan sesuai jadwal pengerjaan.

• sesuai: according to
• puing: the rubble; debris
• jadwal pengerjaan: the work schedule

Questions & Answers about Puing dibersihkan sesuai jadwal pengerjaan.

What does puing mean here?

Puing means debris, rubble, or ruins/fragments, especially from something damaged or demolished.

In this sentence, it most likely refers to construction debris or rubble that needs to be cleared away.

A useful note: in everyday Indonesian, you will also often see puing-puing, which emphasizes the idea of scattered debris. But puing by itself is also understandable.

Why is it dibersihkan and not membersihkan?

This is because the sentence is in the passive voice.

• membersihkan = to clean / to clear something
• dibersihkan = to be cleaned / to be cleared

So:

• Petugas membersihkan puing. = The workers clean the debris.
• Puing dibersihkan. = The debris is cleaned / cleared.

Indonesian uses the di- prefix to form a very common kind of passive verb.

What is the base word of dibersihkan?

The base is bersih, which means clean.

From that:

• bersih = clean
• membersihkan = to clean something
• dibersihkan = to be cleaned

The ending -kan often gives the sense of making something become the base quality. So membersihkan is literally something like to make something clean.