Acara dimajukan lima menit.

the minute

Breakdown of Acara dimajukan lima menit.

• 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.