memberikan

Memberikan is an Indonesian verb meaning to give or to provide something to someone. It is formed from the root beri with the prefix me- and the suffix -kan, which together mark the action as transitive and directed toward a recipient. The term is common in standard Indonesian and appears in both formal and everyday speech.

As a ditransitive verb, memberikan requires two complements: the item being given and the recipient. Typical construction: Subjek + memberikan + objek + kepada + penerima. Examples: Saya memberikan buku itu kepada adik. Dia memberikan hadiah kepada temannya. Pemerintah memberikan bantuan kepada warga yang terdampak.

In usage, memberi is a synonym that focuses more on the act of giving itself and can sometimes be used without the explicit kepada if the recipient is understood. Memberikan is often preferred in formal writing and for emphasized or deliberate actions. The passive form is diberikan, as in Buku itu telah diberikan oleh guru.

Related forms and notes: beri is the base form used for imperative or simple statements, such as "Bagi saya, berikan..." Indonesian does not inflect for tense; temporal meaning is conveyed with adverbs or context, while passive voice uses the di- prefix, as in buku itu diberikan.