ditanya

Ditanya is an Indonesian verb form that functions as the passive past participle of tanya, meaning to ask. In usage, ditanya expresses that someone was asked or that a question was directed at someone. The agent performing the asking is often omitted, but can be introduced with oleh to specify who asked.

In practice, ditanya is used to report questions or to describe a situation where an inquiry was directed at the subject. Indonesian does not mark tense with verb conjugations in the same way as some languages, so ditanya does not inherently specify past time beyond context; it typically conveys that the person was asked at a previous moment. It can appear in statements such as saya ditanya tentang rencana proyek itu (I was asked about the project plan) or dia ditanya apakah dia hadir (he was asked whether he would attend).

Related forms include menanya or menanyakan (to ask someone, active voice), and ditanyakan (to be asked; passive form of menanyakan). The noun pertanyaan means “a question.” The actor who asks is penanya (the questioner). These terms are commonly used in media, everyday conversation, and formal reporting to describe questions and inquiries without naming the specific individuals involved.

In summary, ditanya is a neutral, widely used Indonesian passive form that centers on the act of being asked, with the agent often left implicit and the context providing the time frame.