Pengantara mendengar semua pihak kecuali satu.

Malay usually does not use articles like the and a/an.

So pengantara can mean:

• a mediator
• the mediator

The exact meaning depends on context. If Malay speakers want to make something more definite, they may use other words such as itu, but very often nothing is added.

Mendengar usually means to hear, but in many contexts it can also match English to listen to.

In this sentence, mendengar semua pihak is best understood as hearing/listening to all sides. This is a very natural way to say that someone gives each side a chance to speak.

Dengar is the root word.
Mendengar is the standard active verb form built from that root.

Very roughly:

• dengar = the base idea hear/listen
• mendengar = to hear / to listen to

In careful, standard sentences, Malay often uses the meN- verb form, so mendengar is what you expect here. In casual speech, people may sometimes say dengar instead.

Because Malay handles this verb differently from English.

In English, you often say:

• listen to all parties

In Malay, you simply say:

• mendengar semua pihak

So mendengar can take its object directly, without a preposition.

Pihak literally means something like side, party, or party involved.

In situations involving disagreement, negotiation, or law, pihak often refers to the different sides involved. So semua pihak means all sides or all parties concerned.

In Malay, semua normally comes before the noun it describes.

So:

• semua pihak = all parties
• semua orang = everyone / all people
• semua masalah = all problems

That word order is standard.

Malay does not usually mark plural the way English does.

A word like pihak can be singular or plural depending on context. Here, semua already shows that more than one party is meant, so nothing else is needed.

That is why semua pihak already clearly means all parties.

Kecuali means except or except for.

Here it introduces an exception to semua pihak:

• semua pihak kecuali satu = all parties except one

So the mediator hears every side, with one side left out.

Because the noun pihak is already understood from the earlier part of the sentence.

So satu here means:

• one (of them)
• one party

Malay often leaves out a repeated noun when it is obvious from context.
A fuller version, kecuali satu pihak, would also make sense, but kecuali satu is more concise.

No. Malay verbs usually do not change form for tense.

So mendengar could mean:

• hears
• is hearing
• heard
• will hear

The time is usually understood from context, or shown with extra words such as:

• sudah = already
• sedang = currently
• akan = will

Yes. The structure is very normal:

• Pengantara = subject
• mendengar = verb
• semua pihak = object
• kecuali satu = exception phrase

So the sentence follows a straightforward subject–verb–object pattern, with the except one idea added at the end.