Tinggal lima menit lagi sebelum rapat dimulai.

In this sentence, tinggal means to remain or to be left.

So:

• Saya tinggal di Jakarta = I live in Jakarta
• Tinggal lima menit lagi = There are only five minutes left

This is a very common Indonesian word with several meanings, so context matters a lot.

Indonesian often does not need a subject where English does.

English says things like:

• There are five minutes left
• It is five minutes until the meeting starts

Indonesian can simply say Tinggal lima menit lagi. The idea of there are is understood from the structure, so no dummy subject is needed.

Here, lagi does not mean again. It means something like more or helps express remaining time.

After a time expression, lagi often means from now / more:

• lima menit lagi = in five minutes / five more minutes

So tinggal lima menit lagi gives the sense of only five minutes left.

Because Indonesian often leaves future meaning unmarked when the context already makes it clear.

Here, the future is obvious from:

• lima menit lagi = five minutes from now
• sebelum rapat dimulai = before the meeting starts

So akan is unnecessary. Indonesian uses time expressions very heavily to show tense or time reference.

Sebelum means before. It introduces a time clause.

So:

• sebelum rapat dimulai = before the meeting starts

The whole sentence is built around two time ideas:

• tinggal lima menit lagi = only five minutes remain
• sebelum rapat dimulai = before the meeting begins

Both can be understood, but rapat dimulai sounds more standard and complete, especially in careful or formal Indonesian.

• rapat mulai = the meeting starts
• rapat dimulai = the meeting is started / the meeting begins

In practice, dimulai is very common when talking about events like meetings, classes, or programs. It puts the focus on the event beginning, not on who starts it.

Dimulai is a passive verb form.

It comes from memulai = to start something, with the passive prefix di-:

• Mereka memulai rapat = They start the meeting
• Rapat dimulai = The meeting is started / The meeting begins

A very important point: this di- is a prefix, so it is written together with the verb: dimulai, not di mulai.

This is a very natural Indonesian pattern:

• tinggal + amount of time + lagi

So:

• Tinggal dua hari lagi = Only two days left
• Tinggal sebentar lagi = Just a little longer
• Tinggal lima menit lagi = Only five minutes left

Putting tinggal first immediately tells the listener that you are talking about what remains.

Sometimes yes, but the nuance changes.

• tinggal lima menit lagi = only five minutes left
• tersisa lima menit lagi = five minutes remain left; more formal or written
• masih lima menit lagi = there are still five more minutes

Tinggal often suggests that the amount left is small and may feel a bit more urgent. Masih feels less urgent. Tersisa sounds more formal.

Often, yes. Tinggal can suggest that time is running out, so the sentence may sound like a reminder or warning.

Depending on context, it could mean:

• hurry up
• get ready
• we do not have much time left

But the exact tone depends on how it is said. It can be neutral, or it can feel urgent if spoken in a stressed voice.

Yes, very natural. It sounds like something you might hear in daily life, at work, or at school.

It is also flexible. Indonesians might say similar things like:

• Tinggal lima menit lagi.
• Lima menit lagi rapat dimulai.
• Rapat dimulai lima menit lagi.

Your original sentence is clear, natural, and slightly more complete because it explicitly includes sebelum rapat dimulai.