Kirimkan

Kirimkan is an Indonesian verb form derived from the root verb kirim, meaning to send. The suffix -kan is a causative or applicative marker that increases the verb’s scope to involve causing someone else to perform the action or to request that action be carried out. In practice, kirimkan is used to ask or instruct someone to send something to a specified recipient.

In usage, kirimkan is considered more polite and formal than the plain imperative kirim. It is common in written Indonesian, business correspondence, and formal speech. The word typically appears with the direct object indicating what is being sent and with a recipient indicated by a prepositional phrase such as kepada or untuk. For example: Tolong kirimkan laporan itu kepada manajer. Kirimkan dokumen tersebut ke alamat yang tertera. The form can be used in direct requests or in more formal directives issued by one party to another.

Grammatically, kirimkan is transitive and requires an object to be sent and a recipient or destination. It can occur in various sentence structures, including imperative, requests, and polite commands. The base form kirim is more concise and informal, while kirimkan adds a layer of politeness and formality suitable for professional or official contexts.

Related forms include kirim (send) in plain imperative and mengirimkan (to send, with a different aspect) in more general or continuous contexts. Understanding kirimkan helps in recognizing Indonesian politeness strategies and the versatility of the suffix -kan in turning verbs into transitive, causative, or courteous commands.