Questions & Answers about Peserta yang hadir mendapat kopi hangat.
What does the word yang do here?
Yang turns what follows into a clause that modifies a noun. So peserta yang hadir means “participants who are present/attending.” Pattern: [NOUN] + yang + [CLAUSE/PREDICATE], e.g., orang yang suka kopi (people who like coffee). Here it’s restrictive: it selects only the participants who are present.
Is hadir a verb or an adjective?
Primarily a verb meaning “to be present/attend (an event)” and it’s intransitive (no object): Saya hadir di rapat (I was present at the meeting). In yang hadir, it functions as the predicate of a relative clause: “who are present.” Related forms:
- menghadiri = to attend (takes an object): Dia menghadiri rapat.
- kehadiran = presence/attendance (noun).
Why not use menghadiri instead of hadir?
Use hadir when you mean “to be present.” Use menghadiri when there is a specific object being attended. Compare:
- peserta yang hadir = participants who are present (at the event).
- peserta yang menghadiri seminar = participants who attend the seminar.
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