Breakdown of Saya menghadiri mesyuarat penting di pejabat hari ini.
Questions & Answers about Saya menghadiri mesyuarat penting di pejabat hari ini.
The preposition di means at/in, marking the location where something happens. So di pejabat means at the office.
By contrast, ke means to/toward, so ke pejabat means to the office. They are not interchangeable.
Malay verbs are not inflected for tense. Tense is inferred from context or time words. Here, hari ini (today) implies the action took place today. To be explicit about the past, you can add sudah or telah before the verb:
• Saya sudah menghadiri…
• Saya telah menghadiri…
Time expressions in Malay are flexible. You can say:
• Hari ini saya menghadiri mesyuarat penting di pejabat.
• Saya menghadiri mesyuarat penting di pejabat hari ini.
You may also see Saya hari ini menghadiri…, though that’s less common.
• mesyuarat refers to a formal meeting (e.g. business, committee, official).
• pertemuan is more general—any meeting or encounter, formal or informal, planned or chance.