Persetujuan diperlukan untuk mandat itu.

Persetujuan is a noun meaning agreement, approval, or sometimes consent, depending on context.

It comes from setuju, which means to agree or to be in agreement.

So:

• setuju = agree / agreeable
• persetujuan = agreement / approval

In this sentence, approval or agreement are both natural translations.

Diperlukan means is needed or is required.

It is the passive form of memerlukan:

• memerlukan = to require / to need
• diperlukan = is required / is needed

So the sentence is structured like:

• Persetujuan diperlukan... = Approval is required...

If you used perlu, the structure would be different. For example:

• Persetujuan itu perlu = That approval is necessary

So diperlukan gives a more direct is required sense.

Yes. This is a passive-style sentence.

The focus is on persetujuan rather than on whatever is doing the requiring.

Compare:

• Persetujuan diperlukan untuk mandat itu.
  = Approval is required for that mandate.

• Mandat itu memerlukan persetujuan.
  = That mandate requires approval.

Both are natural, but the first sounds a bit more formal and impersonal.

Untuk usually means for.

Here, it connects the requirement to mandat itu:

• untuk mandat itu = for that mandate

So it tells you what the approval is needed for.

Depending on context, English might translate it as:

• for
• regarding
• in connection with

But for is the most direct match here.

In Malay, demonstratives like ini (this) and itu (that) usually come after the noun.

So:

• mandat itu = that mandate
• persetujuan itu = that approval

This is normal Malay word order.

English says:

• that mandate

Malay says:

• mandat itu

Malay does not normally use articles like a, an, or the.

So a bare noun like persetujuan can mean:

• agreement
• an agreement
• the agreement

The exact meaning depends on context.

In this sentence, persetujuan is being used in a general sense: approval/agreement is required.

Malay often leaves this kind of thing to context instead of marking it with an article.

It can mean any of those, depending on context.

Common possibilities:

• agreement = when people agree on something
• approval = when permission or official acceptance is given
• consent = when someone formally agrees or permits something

With mandat, approval is often the most natural English choice, especially in formal or administrative contexts.

So this sentence could be understood as:

• Approval is required for that mandate or
• Agreement is required for that mandate

Yes, it sounds fairly formal and a bit administrative or official.

That formality comes from words like:

• persetujuan
• diperlukan
• mandat

In more conversational Malay, people might say something simpler, such as:

• Mandat itu perlukan persetujuan.
• Kita perlukan persetujuan untuk mandat itu.

These are less formal, though the original sentence is perfectly natural in official writing.

Yes. That is a very natural alternative.

Compare the two:

• Persetujuan diperlukan untuk mandat itu.
  Focus: the approval is what is required.

• Mandat itu memerlukan persetujuan.
  Focus: the mandate is what requires approval.

The meaning is very similar, but the emphasis changes.

So if you want a more active structure, Mandat itu memerlukan persetujuan is a good option.

The sentence follows a very typical Malay order:

• Persetujuan = subject/topic
• diperlukan = predicate (is required)
• untuk mandat itu = prepositional phrase (for that mandate)

So the structure is:

Noun + passive verb + prepositional phrase

You can think of it as:

Approval + is required + for that mandate