Kami menyingkirkan meja itu.

Both kami and kita can mean we, but they are not interchangeable.

• kami = we, not including the person being spoken to
• kita = we, including the person being spoken to

So Kami menyingkirkan meja itu means the speaker is talking about their group doing it, but the listener is not part of that group.

Menyingkirkan is built from the root singkir.

A simple breakdown is:

• singkir = aside / move away / remove
• meN- = an active verb prefix
• -kan = often makes the verb act on an object, or gives a cause/move something sense

So menyingkirkan means something like:

• to move something aside
• to remove something
• to get something out of the way

Because the sentence has a direct object, meja itu, the longer verb form is appropriate.

This is a very useful distinction.

• menyingkir is usually intransitive: the subject moves aside or goes away
• menyingkirkan is transitive: the subject moves something aside

Compare:

• Dia menyingkir. = He/She moved aside.
• Dia menyingkirkan meja itu. = He/She moved that table aside.

So in your sentence, -kan helps show that the table is the thing being moved.

This happens because of how the meN- prefix changes shape depending on the first sound of the root.

When meN- is added to a root beginning with s:

• the s usually disappears
• the prefix becomes meny-

So:

• singkir → menyingkirkan
• sapu → menyapu
• sewa → menyewa

This is a regular sound pattern in Indonesian.

In Indonesian, demonstratives like ini and itu usually come after the noun.

So:

• meja itu = that table
• rumah ini = this house
• orang itu = that person

This is normal Indonesian word order. English puts this/that before the noun, but Indonesian usually puts ini/itu after it.

It can work as either, depending on context.

Most literally:

• meja itu = that table

But in real use, itu can also point to a specific, already-known thing, so it may feel like:

• the table

So if the meaning shown to the learner is We moved the table aside, that can still match the Indonesian sentence naturally.

Indonesian verbs do not usually change form for tense the way English verbs do.

So menyingkirkan by itself does not tell you whether the action is past, present, or future. The time usually comes from:

• context
• time words
• aspect markers

For example:

• Kemarin kami menyingkirkan meja itu. = Yesterday we moved that table aside.
• Kami sedang menyingkirkan meja itu. = We are moving that table aside.
• Kami akan menyingkirkan meja itu. = We will move that table aside.

Without extra context, the sentence is simply We move / moved / are moving / will move that table aside, depending on the situation.

Yes, that is also possible.

The basic order is:

• Kami menyingkirkan meja itu.
• Subject + Verb + Object

But Indonesian can also move the object to the front for focus or topic:

• Meja itu kami singkirkan.

This gives extra attention to meja itu. It is a natural structure, especially when the table is already the topic of conversation.

So both are possible, but they have slightly different emphasis.

Indonesian does not have articles that work like English a/an/the.

So a noun can appear by itself:

• meja = table / a table / the table, depending on context

Specificity is often shown through context or words like ini and itu:

• meja = a table / table
• meja itu = that table / the table
• sebuah meja = a table, one table

So there is nothing missing in meja itu. It is a complete and natural noun phrase.

In this sentence, meja itu is normally understood as one specific table.

Indonesian does not always mark singular and plural as clearly as English does. If you really want to make plurality explicit, you often use reduplication:

• meja-meja itu = those tables

But in normal speech, context usually makes the number clear. Here, the most natural reading is singular: that table.

A simple pronunciation guide is:

• me-nying-kir-kan

A few helpful points:

• ny sounds like the ny in canyon for many English speakers
• ng is the normal Indonesian ng sound, as in sing
• the r is usually a light rolled or tapped r

So the word flows roughly as:

mə-nying-kir-kan

You do not pronounce an s at the beginning, because the root-initial s disappears when meN- is added.