Dia meredakan pertikaian itu.

Dia can mean either he or she. Malay usually does not mark gender in third-person singular pronouns.

So Dia meredakan pertikaian itu could mean:

• He calmed/defused that dispute
• She calmed/defused that dispute

You only know which one it is from context.

Not necessarily. Malay verbs do not change form for tense the way English verbs do.

So Dia meredakan pertikaian itu could mean:

• He/She calmed that dispute
• He/She is calming that dispute
• He/She calms that dispute

The surrounding context tells you the time. If you want to make time clearer, Malay often adds time words such as semalam for yesterday, sekarang for now, or sudah/telah for a completed action.

Meredakan means to calm, to ease, to reduce, or to defuse something.

With pertikaian, it means something like:

• to calm a dispute
• to ease a conflict
• to defuse an argument

It suggests lowering the tension or intensity. It does not always mean the problem was completely solved.

Because reda and meredakan do different jobs.

• reda is the base word, with the idea of subsiding, becoming calm, or dying down
• meredakan is the verb to calm something down or to cause something to subside

So:

• Pertikaian itu reda = The dispute subsided
• Dia meredakan pertikaian itu = He/She calmed the dispute

The ending -kan often gives a causative sense: making something become a certain way.

In a sentence like this, meN-...-kan helps form an active transitive verb.

Here is the rough idea:

• base: reda
• verb form: meredakan

This gives the meaning to make something become calm / to calm something down.

So meredakan is the kind of verb that normally takes an object, and here the object is pertikaian itu.

Pertikaian means dispute, quarrel, argument, or conflict.

It is a noun. In many contexts it sounds a bit more formal or neutral than a very everyday word for a fight.

So pertikaian itu means:

• that dispute
• sometimes, depending on context, the dispute

In Malay, demonstratives like ini and itu usually come after the noun.

So:

• buku itu = that book
• rumah ini = this house
• pertikaian itu = that dispute

This is normal Malay word order. English says that dispute, but Malay says dispute that.

Also, in real usage, itu can sometimes function a bit like the, depending on context.

The structure is Subject + Verb + Object, which is very familiar to English speakers.

• Dia = subject
• meredakan = verb
• pertikaian itu = object

So the sentence pattern is straightforward:

Dia + meredakan + pertikaian itu

Not always. Meredakan usually means the dispute was eased, calmed, or defused.

That means:

• the tension went down
• the people involved became less hostile
• the situation became less serious

But it does not automatically mean the disagreement disappeared completely. If you want to say it was fully resolved, another verb like menyelesaikan might be used in the right context.

Yes. A standard passive version would be:

Pertikaian itu diredakan olehnya.

That means That dispute was calmed/defused by him/her.

A few notes:

• diredakan is the passive form
• olehnya means by him/her
• the original active sentence is usually simpler and more common for learners

So:

• active: Dia meredakan pertikaian itu
• passive: Pertikaian itu diredakan olehnya

A simple approximate guide is:

dee-yah muh-ruh-DAH-kan per-tee-KAI-an ee-too

A few helpful points:

• dia has two clear vowels: di-a
• meredakan has very light e sounds at the start, like a schwa
• pertikaian is pronounced in parts: per-ti-kai-an
• itu is ee-too

Malay pronunciation is generally more regular than English, and the stress is usually not as strong as in English. It is best to pronounce each syllable clearly.