Rapat daring pagi ini berjalan lancar.

the meeting

Breakdown of Rapat daring pagi ini berjalan lancar.

• pagi ini: this morning
• daring: online
• lancar: fluent

Questions & Answers about Rapat daring pagi ini berjalan lancar.

What does each individual word mean, and how does the structure of the sentence work?

The sentence is:

Rapat daring pagi ini berjalan lancar.

Word by word:

• rapat = meeting
• daring = online (short for dalam jaringan, literally in the network)
• pagi ini = this morning (pagi = morning, ini = this)
• berjalan = to walk / to run / to go (here: to go or to proceed)
• lancar = smooth(ly), without problems

So structurally:

• rapat daring pagi ini = the online meeting this morning
  → noun phrase (meeting) + modifier (online) + time phrase (this morning)
• berjalan lancar = went smoothly / went well
  → verb (berjalan) + complement (lancar)

Natural English:
“The online meeting this morning went smoothly.”

Why is there no word meaning did or was to show the past tense?