"Pekerjaan ini dimulai oleh mereka."

Translation: This job was started by them.

[Flanders1]

Why isn't "This business was started by them' correct? Business is one of the options given, and makes a much better-sounding sentence in English. Any suggestions appreciated.

[RobertStew949868]

I agree, it borders on not making sense in this current form. Report it and make the suggestion as will I!

[Flanders1]

How do I report it now though? I don't know which lesson it was.

[UpzahwvW]

Why? because /pekerjaan/ doesn't mean 'business'. It means 'job', 'work', or 'occupation'. If one wanted to say 'business' more specifically, one would use the loan-word /bisnis/ or /perusahan/ if you're talking about the group entity that does the business or /usaha/ if you are referring to the specific primary activity of the business itself in the abstract.

[volumniax]

Again, outside of something like narrating a film or technical instructions, this sentence would work better with was rather than is.

[donny309620]

Active voice: "They started this job".

[noelster1987]

Work not accepted although it's suggested for perkajaan

[MikeWilby]

can pekerjaan be used as a noun in the sense of "a construction job " ? this sentence would then make sense......