Word
Acara dimajukan lima menit.
Meaning
The event was moved forward by five minutes.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
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Breakdown of Acara dimajukan lima menit.
menit
the minute
lima
five
acara
the event
dimajukan
to be moved forward
Questions & Answers about Acara dimajukan lima menit.
What does the verb form dimajukan mean morphologically?
- It’s di- + maju + -kan.
- di- marks the passive voice.
- maju = forward/advance.
- -kan makes it causative/transitive (“to cause something to move forward”). So dimajukan means “to be brought/moved earlier.”
What is the active-voice equivalent?
Use memajukan:
- Panitia memajukan acara lima menit. = The committee moved the event forward by five minutes.
- Kami/Saya memajukan acara lima menit.
Who is the agent here, and how can I say it?
The agent is typically omitted in Indonesian passives. To include it, add oleh:
- Acara dimajukan lima menit oleh panitia. In speech, you can also use the “bare passive” (pasif tipe 2):
- Acara saya majukan lima menit.
Does this sentence talk about tense? How do I say “has been/will be moved”?
Indonesian has no tense inflection; use particles or time adverbs:
- Completed: Acara sudah/telah dimajukan lima menit.
- Future: Acara akan dimajukan lima menit.
- Just now: Acara barusan dimajukan lima menit.