Mbak di toko kampus memberi saya tinta baru dan stapler kecil.

Mbak is a polite way to address or refer to a young woman or an older girl/woman in Indonesian, especially in Java and in everyday speech. It is a bit like saying miss, ma’am, or older sister, depending on context.

In this sentence, it most likely means the young woman / female clerk at the campus store.

It is not her name; it is a respectful social title.

Indonesian verbs usually do not change form for tense the way English verbs do. Memberi can mean gives, gave, or will give, depending on context.

So the time comes from:

• the larger conversation
• time words such as kemarin (yesterday), tadi (earlier), besok (tomorrow)
• or the translation chosen for the learner

By itself, memberi is not specifically past tense.

Here, di is a preposition meaning in, at, or sometimes on, depending on context.

So di toko kampus means at the campus store.

A useful thing to remember:

• di written separately from the next word is usually a preposition: di toko, di rumah
• di- attached to a verb is usually the passive prefix: dibeli, ditulis

So in this sentence, di toko is definitely the location phrase at the store.

In Indonesian, the main noun usually comes first, and a noun that describes it often comes after it.

So:

• toko kampus = campus store
• literally, something like store of campus or campus-related store

This is very common in Indonesian:

• buku sejarah = history book
• kantor pos = post office
• anak sekolah = school child / student

So toko kampus follows a normal Indonesian noun pattern.

Indonesian often allows a noun to be followed directly by a prepositional phrase:

• Mbak di toko kampus = the young woman at the campus store

This is natural and compact.

If you say Mbak yang di toko kampus, it can sound more contrastive or specific, as if you mean:

• the woman who is at the campus store
  rather than some other woman elsewhere

So yang is not required here.

With memberi, Indonesian commonly puts the recipient first and the thing given after that:

• memberi saya tinta = give me ink
• memberi dia buku = give him/her a book

So this pattern is normal:

• memberi + person + thing

It is similar to English give me something.

You can also express the recipient with kepada:

• memberi tinta baru kepada saya

But in everyday Indonesian, memberi saya tinta baru is very natural.

Both relate to giving, but they are used a little differently.

A common pattern is:

• memberi seseorang sesuatu = give someone something
• memberikan sesuatu kepada seseorang = give something to someone

So:

• Mbak memberi saya tinta baru is very natural
• Mbak memberikan tinta baru kepada saya is also natural

In this sentence, memberi is the more straightforward choice because the recipient saya comes right after the verb.

Saya is the more neutral and polite word for I / me in Indonesian.

• saya = polite, standard, safe in most situations
• aku = more casual, intimate, informal

Because the sentence has a fairly neutral-standard feel, saya fits well.

Also, here saya means me, not I, because it is the object of memberi:

• memberi saya = give me

In Indonesian, adjectives usually come after the noun they describe.

So:

• tinta baru = new ink
• stapler kecil = small stapler

This is one of the most basic Indonesian word-order patterns:

• rumah besar = big house
• buku baru = new book
• mobil merah = red car

In this sentence:

• baru modifies tinta
• kecil modifies stapler

So the meaning is:

• new ink
• small stapler

not new small ink-stapler or anything like that.

Yes. Dan means and, and here it joins two noun phrases:

• tinta baru
• stapler kecil

So the sentence says she gave the speaker both:

• new ink
• a small stapler

Each adjective stays with its own noun:

• baru goes with tinta
• kecil goes with stapler

Yes. Stapler is a common borrowed word in Indonesian, especially in everyday speech and office/school contexts.

Indonesian uses many loanwords, and English-based office vocabulary is very common. So seeing stapler in an Indonesian sentence is completely normal.

Learners should get used to this: some Indonesian words are native, and some are borrowed but used naturally in Indonesian grammar.

Indonesian usually does not use articles like a, an, or the.

So:

• tinta baru could be new ink
• stapler kecil could be a small stapler or the small stapler, depending on context

Plural is also often not marked unless necessary. Context usually tells you whether something is singular or plural.

In this sentence, English naturally translates stapler kecil as a small stapler, but Indonesian itself does not force that in the same way English does.

So one big habit for English speakers is this: Indonesian often leaves things like article choice and sometimes number to context.