Agen menandatangani kontrak setelah menerima uang muka.

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Breakdown of Agen menandatangani kontrak setelah menerima uang muka.

• menerima: to receive
• kontrak: the contract
• uang muka: the down payment

Questions & Answers about Agen menandatangani kontrak setelah menerima uang muka.

What is going on morphologically in the verb bolded as menandatangani? Why is it so long?

It’s a derived verb built from:

• meN- (active verb prefix) + tanda tangan (signature) + -i (suffix) = menandatangani = to sign something.

Note the assimilation rule for meN-: when the base begins with t, the initial t is dropped. So meN- + tanda tangan → meN- + (t)anda tangan → menandatangani. The first t disappears; the t you still see is the one in tangan.

Related forms:

• penandatangan = signatory
• penandatanganan = the signing (event)
• Passive: ditandatangani = be signed (by)

Why does the verb take the suffix -i? Could I use -kan instead?

With this root, -i is the standard, lexicalized choice: menandatangani [dokumen] = sign [a document]. The suffix -i often marks the target/location of an action.

You may see menandatangankan in some legal writing, usually meaning “to have (something) signed” or “to cause the signing,” e.g., arranging or executing a signing on someone’s behalf. For ordinary “sign a contract,” stick with menandatangani.

Can I just say tanda tangan as a verb instead of menandatangani?

Colloquially, yes: