Dia mengikuti pelatihan daring besok pagi.

he/she

Breakdown of Dia mengikuti pelatihan daring besok pagi.

• besok pagi: tomorrow morning
• daring: online
• pelatihan: the training

Questions & Answers about Dia mengikuti pelatihan daring besok pagi.

Does dia mean “he” or “she”? How do Indonesians know which one it is?

Dia can mean he or she; it does not show gender.

Speakers know the gender from:

• Context in the conversation (who was mentioned earlier).
• Or they add extra information, for example:
  • Dia (perempuan) mengikuti pelatihan daring besok pagi. – She (female) …
  • Dia (laki-laki) mengikuti pelatihan daring besok pagi. – He (male) …

But in most everyday situations, Indonesians don’t need to say the gender explicitly unless it’s important or ambiguous.

What is the literal meaning and structure of mengikuti?

The verb mengikuti comes from the root ikut (“to follow, to join, to take part in”) plus the prefix meN- and suffix -i:

• ikut → basic verb “follow / join”
• meng- + ikuti → mengikuti

In this sentence, mengikuti means “to attend / to take part in”, as in:

• mengikuti pelatihan = to attend a training / to participate in a training

The meN-…-i pattern often means “to do [the root] to something/someone.”
So, literally, mengikuti pelatihan is like “to follow/participate in the training.”

Why is there no future tense marker like will, but the sentence means “will attend”?