Tujuan rapat dijelaskan pada awal presentasi.

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Breakdown of Tujuan rapat dijelaskan pada awal presentasi.

• rapat: the meeting
• presentasi: the presentation
• awal: the beginning

Questions & Answers about Tujuan rapat dijelaskan pada awal presentasi.

Is this sentence in the passive voice, and how can I tell?

Yes. The verb dijelaskan is passive. Indicators:

• di- ... -kan is a common passive circumfix on verbs that in active form use meN- ... -kan.
• The patient/topic (Tujuan rapat) comes before the verb. Active counterpart: Pembicara menjelaskan tujuan rapat pada awal presentasi.

What is the grammatical subject here?

Tujuan rapat is the subject (the thing being explained). In Indonesian passives, the patient/theme typically functions as the subject.

How do I say the same idea in active voice?

Use menjelaskan and put the agent as the subject:

• Pembicara menjelaskan tujuan rapat pada awal presentasi. You can replace pembicara with a suitable agent (e.g., ketua rapat, narasumber).

How do I explicitly state who did the explaining in the passive?

Add oleh + agent after the verb:

• Tujuan rapat dijelaskan oleh pembicara pada awal presentasi. Agentless passives (as in the original) are very common when the agent is obvious or unimportant.