Mereka berkumpul di dewan.

they

Breakdown of Mereka berkumpul di dewan.

• di: in
• berkumpul: to gather
• dewan: the hall

Questions & Answers about Mereka berkumpul di dewan.

What does mereka mean and how is it used?

mereka is the third-person plural pronoun meaning they. It serves as the subject of the sentence to indicate a group of people performing the action.

What is berkumpul? What do the parts ber- and kumpul mean?

• The root kumpul means gather.
• The prefix ber- turns it into an intransitive verb meaning to do something together.
  So berkumpul = to gather together or to assemble.

Why not just use kumpul or mengumpul instead of berkumpul?

• kumpul by itself can serve as a colloquial command (“Gather!”).
• mengumpul is a transitive verb meaning to collect (e.g. documents, items).
• berkumpul is the standard intransitive form for people gathering together (no direct object).

What does di indicate in di dewan?

di is a preposition marking a static location: in / at / on. In Malay you put di directly before the noun to show where something happens.