Saya menaruh mouse komputer di samping monitor sebelum rapat daring dimulai.

Yes, you could say aku in many casual contexts, but saya is the more neutral and polite word for I.

• saya = polite/neutral I
• aku = casual/intimate I

So:

• Saya menaruh... sounds normal in formal, neutral, or polite speech.
• Aku menaruh... would sound more informal and personal.

If this sentence is in a textbook or general example, saya is usually the safest choice.

Menaruh means to put, to place, or to set down something somewhere.

In this sentence, Saya menaruh mouse komputer di samping monitor... means the speaker physically placed the computer mouse next to the monitor.

A few useful notes:

• taruh = the base/root idea of put/place
• menaruh = the active verb form, used when the subject does the action

It is very common in everyday Indonesian for placing objects somewhere.

Because menaruh is the standard active verb form with the meN- prefix.

Indonesian often forms active verbs like this:

• root: taruh
• active verb: menaruh

So:

• Saya menaruh mouse... = I put the mouse...

You may hear taruh by itself in casual speech, especially in commands or informal conversation:

• Taruh di sini. = Put it here.

But in a full standard sentence with a subject like saya, menaruh is the more grammatical and expected form.

Both are possible, but mouse komputer makes the meaning extra clear.

Since mouse is a borrowed word, Indonesian speakers may say:

• mouse
• mouse komputer

The second version helps specify that it is a computer mouse, not something else. In practice, many people would simply say mouse if the context is already obvious.

So:

• Saya menaruh mouse di samping monitor... = also natural
• Saya menaruh mouse komputer di samping monitor... = a bit more explicit

Because di here is a preposition, not a verb prefix.

• di samping = beside / next to
• di
  • place word = usually written separately

Examples:

• di meja = on the table
• di rumah = at home
• di samping monitor = beside the monitor

This is different from di- as a passive verb prefix, which is attached to the verb:

• dimulai = is started / begins

So the spelling matters:

• di samping = correct, because it is a location phrase
• dimulai = correct, because it is a passive-style verb form

Usually yes. Di samping commonly means beside, next to, or at the side of.

In this sentence:

• di samping monitor = next to the monitor

A similar expression is di sebelah:

• di sebelah monitor

That can also mean beside the monitor, though di samping often feels a little more explicitly like at the side of.

Sebelum means before.

It introduces the event that happens later in time:

• Saya menaruh mouse komputer di samping monitor sebelum rapat daring dimulai.
• I put the computer mouse beside the monitor before the online meeting started / before the online meeting began.

So the timeline is:

1. the speaker puts the mouse beside the monitor
2. the online meeting begins

Sebelum can be followed by:

• a noun phrase
• a clause

Here it is followed by a clause-like expression:

• sebelum rapat daring dimulai = before the online meeting begins/began

Rapat means meeting.

Daring is short for dalam jaringan, which means online or on the network. So:

• rapat daring = online meeting

This is a standard Indonesian term, especially in formal or official language.

You may also hear people use English borrowings in everyday speech, such as:

• meeting online
• rapat online

But rapat daring is a good standard Indonesian expression.

This is a very common point for learners.

• mulai = begin/start
• memulai = to start something
• dimulai = to be started / to begin

In the sentence:

• rapat daring dimulai

the focus is on the meeting beginning, not on who starts it. So dimulai works naturally here.

Compare:

• Rapat daring dimulai pukul sembilan. = The online meeting begins/is started at nine.
• Mereka memulai rapat daring pukul sembilan. = They start the online meeting at nine.

So dimulai is appropriate because the meeting is the thing undergoing the action.

Yes, it is a passive-type form built with the prefix di-.

• memulai = to start something
• dimulai = to be started

However, in English we often translate dimulai more naturally as begins rather than is started, depending on the context.

So:

• sebelum rapat daring dimulai can mean
• before the online meeting began or more literally
• before the online meeting was started

The more natural English translation is usually before the online meeting began.

Because Indonesian does not normally use articles like English a/an and the.

So:

• mouse komputer can mean a computer mouse or the computer mouse
• monitor can mean a monitor or the monitor
• rapat daring can mean an online meeting or the online meeting

The exact meaning depends on context.

That is why one Indonesian sentence can often be translated into English in slightly different ways, depending on what is already known in the conversation.

Indonesian usually does not mark tense on the verb the way English does. Instead, time is understood from:

• context
• time words
• the broader situation

In this sentence, there is no explicit past marker like sudah or kemarin, so by itself it could be understood in different ways depending on context:

• I put the computer mouse beside the monitor before the online meeting began.
• I put the computer mouse beside the monitor before the online meeting begins.

English must choose a tense, but Indonesian often leaves that open unless needed.

Yes. This is very typical Indonesian word order.

The structure is:

• Saya = subject
• menaruh = verb
• mouse komputer = object
• di samping monitor = location phrase
• sebelum rapat daring dimulai = time clause

So the pattern is roughly:

Subject + Verb + Object + Place + Time/Clause

That is very normal in Indonesian. The sentence is straightforward and natural.