dipertanggungjawabkan

Passive Accountability Form

Level 5

dipertanggungjawabkan is a formal passive construction used to indicate that an action, decision, or fund must be justified or accounted for to an authority.

How It Works

The term dipertanggungjawabkan is a hallmark of formal Indonesian (Bahasa Baku). It is used extensively in legal, governmental, and academic contexts.

1. Morphological Structure:
The word is built as follows:

  • Root: tanggung jawab (responsibility)
  • Affix: di-per-...-kan (passive complex affix)
  • Result: dipertanggungjawabkan (joined as one word)

The per- prefix is a mandatory component retained from the active form mempertanggungjawabkan.

2. Usage and Nuance:
While tanggung jawab refers to the state of being responsible, dipertanggungjawabkan refers to the process of accountability. It presents something as being accounted for or justified. The context may name an audience such as a manager, the public, or a court, but the verb alone does not specify an external demand.

3. Common Collocations:
This verb is frequently paired with auxiliary verbs to express necessity or possibility:

Examples (3)

  1. Penggunaan dana hibah tersebut harus dapat dipertanggungjawabkan secara transparan.

    The use of those grant funds must be able to be accounted for transparently.

    Word by Word: Use fund grant that must can be-accounted-for in-a-way transparent.

    This sentence uses the passive form to focus on the 'funds' that need justification, rather than the person spending them.

  2. Setiap kebijakan yang diambil akan dipertanggungjawabkan di hadapan hukum.

    Every policy taken will be held accountable before the law.

    Word by Word: Every policy which taken will be-held-accountable at presence law.

    Here, the pattern indicates legal accountability for official decisions.

  3. Laporan ini sulit dipertanggungjawabkan karena datanya tidak akurat.

    This report is difficult to justify because the data is inaccurate.

    Word by Word: Report this difficult be-justified because data-its not accurate.

    In this context, the word means 'to be justified' or 'to be proven valid' through explanation.

Common Mistakes

  • Writing the word with spaces.

    Hal itu harus di pertanggung jawabkan.
    Hal itu harus dipertanggungjawabkan.

    According to Indonesian spelling rules (PUEBI), when a compound word like 'tanggung jawab' receives a prefix and suffix simultaneously, it must be written as a single word without spaces.

  • Confusing the passive form with the adjective 'responsible'.

    Uang itu bertanggung jawab.
    Uang itu dipertanggungjawabkan.

    'Bertanggung jawab' means 'to be responsible' (a trait of a person). 'Dipertanggungjawabkan' is a passive action applied to an object (like money or a report).

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dipertanggungjawabkanLevel 5Passive Accountability Form

Learn This First

To understand 'dipertanggungjawabkan', a learner must first be familiar with the complex active verb 'mempertanggungjawabkan' (to account for/justify). Structurally, it requires knowledge of how the 'di-' prefix replaces the 'meN-' prefix in complex verbs involving the 'per-...-kan' structure to form a passive voice.

Words in This Pattern

mempertanggungjawabkantanggung jawab