No. 736 in Indonesian
siapa
"Siapa" means "who" in English.
In a sentence
Siapa yang datang ke pesta tadi malam?
Who came to the party last night?
In this sentence, 'siapa' functions as an interrogative pronoun to ask about the identity of a person.
Saya tidak tahu siapa yang menelepon saya tadi.
I don't know who called me earlier.
Here, 'siapa' serves as an embedded question within a larger sentence, still questioning the identity of a person.
Di lain kesempatan, mari kita lihat siapa yang dapat menyelesaikan tugas ini dengan benar.
On another occasion, let us see who can complete this task correctly.
In this example, 'siapa' introduces a relative clause, specifying the subject of an action.
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