"Siapa yang membangun sekolah ini?"

Translation: Who built this school?

[carbsrule]

What role is 'yang' playing in this sentence. Is it like who was it that built this school?

[Rick392366]

What role is 'yang' playing in this sentence. Is it like who was it that built this school?

Yes, exactly.
It's for emphasis.

[DiegoJaviUnlam]

Etymology [membangun]

mem- +‎ bangun

Verb

membangun (passive dibangun)

1) to build, to construct, to build up

Verba

membangun (me- + bangun; pasif: ku/kau/dibangun, terbangun)

KELUARGA KATA

bangun, membangun, membanguni, membangunkan, kebangunan, bangun-bangun, bangunan, pembangun, pembangunan

membangun [KAMUS SEASITE]

bangun : : : Berdiri dari duduk, tidur, pingsan, dll.

Definisi Singkat : wake up; get up. BER-: get up. MEM-: build, construct. Also MEM--KAN, +

Definisi Inggris : • 1 wake up. 2 get up. BER-: get up. *MEM-: build, construct. *MEM--KAN: 1 wake s.o. up. 2 build, erect. *TER-: awaken (suddenly). *-AN: 1 building, structure. 2 construction. *PEM--AN: 1 (re)construction. 2 development.

Contoh : Saya harus BANGUN pagi-pagi. => I have to GET UP early in the morning.

Walaupun selalu jatuh, ayam jago itu tetap berusaha untuk BANGUN. => Although he always fell, that fighting cock kept trying to GET UP. // Note *1

Indonesia sedang MEMBANGUN di segala bidang. => Indonesia is in the process of DEVELOPING all of its sectors.

Sulit sekali MEMBANGUNKAN adik pagi-pagi. => It is very difficult to WAKE UP (my younger sister/brother) early in the morning.

Tukang kayu itu akan MEMBANGUN rumah baru Bu Hadi. => That carpenter is going to BUILD Mrs. Hadi's new house.

Hampir setiap malam, Karjo selalu TERBANGUN dari tidurnya. => Almost every night, Karjo is AWAKENED from his sleep.

Ada BANGUNAN baru disebelah rumahku. => There is a new BUILDING at the side of my house.

PEMBANGUNAN jalan kereta api akan diteruskan sampai tahun depan. => The CONSTRUCTION of the railroad will be continued until next year.

Source:

Wiktionary

Wiktionary bahasa Indonesia

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/membangun

https://id.wiktionary.org/wiki/membangun

http://kamus.sabda.org/kamus/membangun

Note:

*1) I think the English translation of the example (contoh) sentence would be Although it always fell, that fighting cock kept trying to get up.

[Deinonysus]

"Membangun" sounded weird to me, almost like "membedangun". This is only in full speed audio. The slower audio sounded fine.

[thokonet]

Why is this wrong: "Who has built this school" ?

[N_Hermawan]

"Who constructed this school" should be accepted