Guru menjelaskan tujuan rapat secara singkat pada awal presentasi.

The teacher explains the purpose of the meeting briefly at the beginning of the presentation.

Breakdown of Guru menjelaskan tujuan rapat secara singkat pada awal presentasi.

• guru: the teacher
• pada: at
• menjelaskan: to explain
• presentasi: the presentation

Questions & Answers about Guru menjelaskan tujuan rapat secara singkat pada awal presentasi.

What does menjelaskan literally mean, and how is it different from just the verb jelas?

The base word jelas means clear.

menjelaskan is formed with the prefix meN- plus -kan, and it means to make something clear → to explain.

• jelas = clear
  
  • Penjelasannya sangat jelas. = The explanation is very clear.
• menjelaskan = to explain (to make clear)
  
  • Guru menjelaskan tujuan rapat. = The teacher explains the purpose of the meeting.

So menjelaskan is a transitive verb: it must have an object (something that is explained), which here is tujuan rapat (the purpose of the meeting).

Why is it tujuan rapat and not tujuan dari rapat? What’s the difference?