Questions & Answers about Dia jelas lelah setelah bekerja.
What does dia mean? Is it gender-specific?
Dia means he or she. Indonesian pronouns don’t mark gender, so you rely on context to know whether it’s male or female.
Is jelas here an adjective or an adverb? What does it mean?
In this sentence, jelas functions like an adverb meaning obviously or clearly, modifying the adjective lelah (tired). Many Indonesian words can serve as both adjectives and adverbs depending on context.
Why is there no word for “is” between dia and jelas?
Indonesian usually omits the copula (to be) in simple statements. You don’t need adalah or any equivalent. Saying Dia jelas lelah is perfectly natural; inserting adalah would sound overly formal or even awkward here.
What does setelah do? Why is the subject missing in setelah bekerja?
Setelah means after and introduces a time clause. If the subject of that clause is the same as the main clause’s subject, you can drop it. So setelah bekerja implies “after he/she worked” without repeating dia.
Can I start the sentence with setelah bekerja instead?