Word
Dialah yang menjadi perwakilan tim hari ini.
Meaning
He/She is the one who becomes the team representative today.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
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Questions & Answers about Dialah yang menjadi perwakilan tim hari ini.
What does the particle -lah in Dialah do?
-lah adds emphasis/focus to the word it attaches to. Dialah highlights that the person in question (he/she) is the one, often with a contrastive feel: “It’s he/she (and not someone else).” The sentence works without -lah; it just sounds less emphatic.
Can I just say Dia yang menjadi perwakilan tim hari ini?
Yes. Dia yang… is very common and natural, especially in speech. Dialah yang… simply adds stronger focus to dia.
What is yang doing here?
Yang introduces a clause that specifies or identifies the noun before it. Here, yang menjadi perwakilan tim hari ini narrows down who dia is: “the one who becomes/serves as the team representative today.” It’s like an English cleft: “It is he/she who…”
Can I drop yang and say Dialah menjadi perwakilan tim hari ini?
That sounds odd. If you drop yang, use either:
- Dialah perwakilan tim hari ini (a simple identification), or
- Dia menjadi perwakilan tim hari ini (no focus/cleft).