Dalam survei kelas, kami menulis pendapat dan keterangan singkat.

Yes. Dalam often means in, inside, or within.

In Dalam survei kelas, it means something like in the class survey or within the class survey. It sets the context for the action.

A learner should note that Indonesian often uses dalam in slightly more formal or abstract contexts, not just physical location. So it can be used for:

• physical space: dalam rumah = in the house
• abstract context: dalam diskusi = in the discussion

Here, dalam survei kelas gives the setting: the writing happened as part of the class survey.

Survei kelas is a very common Indonesian noun+noun pattern, where the second noun describes the first.

So:

• survei kelas = class survey
• buku pelajaran = textbook
• guru bahasa = language teacher

Indonesian often connects nouns directly without using a word like of or from.

If you said survei dari kelas, it would sound more like a survey from the class, which is a different idea and usually not what is meant here.

This is a very important Indonesian distinction.

• kami = we, but not including the listener
• kita = we, including the listener

So in this sentence, kami menulis means: we wrote / we were writing, but the person being spoken to is not part of that we.

If the speaker wanted to include the listener, they would say kita menulis.

Example:

• Kami belajar di perpustakaan. = We studied at the library (not you)
• Kita belajar di perpustakaan. = We studied at the library (you too)

Tulis is the root word meaning write.
Menulis is the active verb form, created with the prefix meN-.

So:

• tulis = root
• menulis = to write / write / wrote, depending on context

This meN- prefix commonly forms active verbs:

• baca → membaca = to read
• lihat → melihat = to see
• dengar → mendengar = to hear
• tulis → menulis = to write

Because the sentence describes what we did, the active verb menulis is the natural form.

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

So menulis by itself can mean:

• write
• are writing
• wrote
• were writing

The time is understood from context, or from time words if they are present.

For example:

• Sekarang kami menulis. = We are writing now.
• Kemarin kami menulis. = We wrote yesterday.

In your sentence, without a time marker, the exact English tense depends on context.

Yes, pendapat usually means opinion, view, or thought.

It is a fairly standard and common word for what someone thinks about something.

Examples:

• Apa pendapatmu? = What is your opinion?
• Saya setuju dengan pendapatnya. = I agree with his/her opinion.

In your sentence, menulis pendapat means to write opinions or to write one’s opinion/opinions.

Yes, keterangan is a broad word. Depending on context, it can mean:

• information
• explanation
• description
• details
• statement
• note

In this sentence, keterangan singkat most likely means something like:

• brief information
• a short explanation
• a short description
• brief details

The exact English translation depends on the situation. That is normal with keterangan, because it is a flexible word.

Because in Indonesian, adjectives usually come after the noun.

So:

• keterangan singkat = brief information/explanation
• rumah besar = big house
• buku baru = new book

This is the normal Indonesian pattern: noun + adjective

So singkat follows keterangan because it describes it.

Yes. It means two coordinated items:

1. pendapat = opinion(s)
2. keterangan singkat = brief information/explanation/details

The word dan simply means and.

So the structure is: menulis [pendapat] dan [keterangan singkat]

That means the writer wrote both:

• opinions
• brief explanations/details

Indonesian does not use articles the way English does.

So nouns can often stand alone:

• survei kelas
• pendapat
• keterangan singkat

Whether English should use a, the, or no article at all depends on context and translation.

For example:

• buku can mean a book, the book, or books, depending on context.

That is why Indonesian can feel more flexible but also more ambiguous to English speakers.

They could be understood as singular or plural depending on context.

Indonesian nouns usually do not have a different plural form unless the speaker wants to emphasize plurality.

So:

• pendapat can mean opinion or opinions
• keterangan can mean information/explanation/detail or pieces of information/explanations/details

If Indonesian wants to clearly mark plurality, it can use reduplication:

• pendapat-pendapat = opinions
• buku-buku = books

But in many real sentences, Indonesian simply leaves nouns unmarked and lets context decide.

The comma separates the opening context phrase from the main clause.

So the sentence is structured like this:

• Dalam survei kelas, = contextual phrase
• kami menulis pendapat dan keterangan singkat. = main clause

In English, this is similar to writing:

• In the class survey, we wrote opinions and brief explanations.

The comma is helpful because the sentence begins with a prepositional phrase. In Indonesian, this comma is common and natural, especially in careful writing.

Yes, but the meaning or style would shift a little.

For example:

• Pada survei kelas, kami menulis pendapat dan keterangan singkat.
• Di survei kelas, kami menulis pendapat dan keterangan singkat.

These all can work, but they are not exactly identical in feel:

• dalam = in / within, somewhat formal or abstract
• di = often more direct for location or setting
• pada = often used for in/on/at with events, times, or contexts, and can sound formal too

So dalam survei kelas is natural, especially if the speaker means within the context of the class survey.