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"Kalian diminta memilih makanan enak."
Translation:You are asked to pick delicious food.
February 20, 2019
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No, telah is not needed. The di prefix makes the verb passive. It's not a question of tense, it's a question of being passive, not active. So diminta means "are asked" (or "is asked" with a he/she/it subject). Telah would put it into the past tense: "you were asked", or "you have been asked".
"You are asked" means that somebody else asked you. "You asked" means that you did the asking (past tense).