Breakdown of Bantuan pemerintah penting bagi sekolah kami.
adalah
to be
sekolah
the school
penting
important
bagi
for
Questions & Answers about Bantuan pemerintah penting bagi sekolah kami.
What does bantuan mean, and how is it formed?
bantuan is a noun that means “help” or “assistance.” It’s formed by taking the verb bantu (“to help”) and adding the suffix -an, which turns the action into a noun (a process called nominalization).
Why is pemerintah placed after bantuan, and what role does it play?
In Indonesian, you can stack two nouns to show possession or association. Here, pemerintah (“government”) modifies bantuan, so bantuan pemerintah literally means “assistance of the government” or “government assistance.”
Could I say bantuan dari pemerintah instead of bantuan pemerintah?
Yes. bantuan dari pemerintah means “assistance from the government.” It’s a bit more explicit. bantuan pemerintah is simply the shorter, noun-noun form. Both are grammatically correct and interchangeable in most contexts.
Why is there no word for “is” (like adalah) in this sentence?
Indonesian often drops the copula (“to be”) when linking a subject to an adjective or noun phrase. You could insert adalah—
• Bantuan pemerintah adalah penting bagi sekolah kami—
but in everyday Indonesian it’s perfectly natural to omit it: Bantuan pemerintah penting bagi sekolah kami.