Breakdown of Dalam rapat yang berlangsung pagi ini, peran setiap anggota dijelaskan.
rapat
the meeting
yang
that
dalam
in
pagi ini
this morning
Questions & Answers about Dalam rapat yang berlangsung pagi ini, peran setiap anggota dijelaskan.
Why is the passive form dijelaskan used here instead of the active menjelaskan?
Indonesian often uses the passive to foreground the thing affected and to sound formal/neutral. Here, the focus is on the content (the roles), not the speaker.
- Active: Dalam rapat yang berlangsung pagi ini, ketua menjelaskan peran setiap anggota.
- Passive: Dalam rapat yang berlangsung pagi ini, peran setiap anggota dijelaskan (oleh ketua). Both are correct; choose passive when the agent is unknown/irrelevant or when you want a report-like tone.
Who is doing the explaining? How do I say it?
You can add an agent with oleh:
- …, peran setiap anggota dijelaskan oleh ketua. You can also use “passive type 2” (no prefix on the verb, agent right after the subject):
- …, peran setiap anggota ketua jelaskan. In casual speech, you may hear sama instead of oleh: … dijelaskan sama ketua.
What does yang berlangsung do? Can I omit it?
Yang berlangsung introduces a relative clause modifying rapat: “the meeting that took place.” You can omit it by reshaping the noun phrase:
- Dalam rapat pagi ini, peran setiap anggota dijelaskan. (shorter, very natural)
- Dalam rapat yang berlangsung pagi ini, … (slightly more explicit/formal)