Bukti pembayaran diserahkan kepada panitia.

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Breakdown of Bukti pembayaran diserahkan kepada panitia.

• panitia: the committee
• bukti pembayaran: the proof of payment
• diserahkan: to be handed over

Questions & Answers about Bukti pembayaran diserahkan kepada panitia.

What voice is being used here, and why is it common?

It uses the Indonesian passive with di- (specifically, the di- passive). This voice highlights the thing being acted on and is typical in formal instructions and notices. An active counterpart would be: Peserta menyerahkan bukti pembayaran kepada panitia.

How is diserahkan formed and what does each part mean?

• di-: passive prefix
• serah: root “hand over/submit”
• -kan: suffix that often marks causing something to move/transfer to a recipient or adds a benefactive nuance So diserahkan ≈ “is/was handed over (to someone).” Other related forms:
• menyerahkan (active: “to hand over”)
• serahkan! (imperative: “hand it over!”)
• penyerahan (noun: “submission/handover”)

How do I state who did the handing over (the agent)?

Add an oleh-phrase after the verb:

• Bukti pembayaran diserahkan oleh peserta kepada panitia. In careful formal style, keep oleh. In some speech you may hear it dropped: Bukti pembayaran diserahkan peserta kepada panitia, but this is less formal and can be ambiguous.

What’s the difference between kepada, ke, pada, and untuk here?