Kusyen itu mempunyai upholsteri baharu.

Here is the breakdown:

• kusyen = cushion
• itu = that / the
• mempunyai = has / possesses
• upholsteri = upholstery
• baharu = new

So the structure is basically:

• Kusyen itu = that cushion / the cushion
• mempunyai = has
• upholsteri baharu = new upholstery

In Malay, demonstratives usually come after the noun.

So:

• kusyen itu = that cushion
• rumah ini = this house

This is normal Malay word order. English says that cushion, but Malay says the equivalent of cushion that.

Also, itu can sometimes feel like that, and sometimes more like the, depending on context. It often marks the noun as specific or already known.

Because adjectives usually come after the noun in Malay.

So:

• upholsteri baharu = new upholstery
• kereta merah = red car
• rumah besar = big house

This is one of the most common word-order differences from English.

Yes. You often can.

• mempunyai is a more formal, written, or careful way to say to have
• ada is very common in everyday speech for possession

So these are both understandable:

• Kusyen itu mempunyai upholsteri baharu.
• Kusyen itu ada upholsteri baru.

The first sounds more formal and polished. The second sounds more conversational.

They both mean new, but there is a style difference.

• baharu = more formal, more standard in careful writing
• baru = very common in everyday speech

Another reason baharu is useful is that baru can also mean just, only, or recently, depending on context. Using baharu can make the meaning clearly new.

So in conversation, many people would naturally say:

• upholsteri baru

But in formal writing:

• upholsteri baharu

No. Malay verbs do not change form the way English verbs do.

So:

• Saya mempunyai... = I have...
• Dia mempunyai... = He/she has...
• Kusyen itu mempunyai... = That cushion has...

The verb stays mempunyai. Malay does not conjugate verbs for person or number the way English does.

Yes. It is a borrowed word, ultimately from English, but it is used in Malay.

Malay has many loanwords, especially for technical, modern, or specialized things. Upholsteri is one of them.

A learner should not be surprised by this. Modern Malay often mixes native vocabulary with well-established borrowed words.

Malay does not have articles like English a, an, and the.

A bare noun like kusyen can mean:

• a cushion
• the cushion
• cushion

The exact meaning depends on context.

If Malay wants to make the noun more specific, it often uses words like:

• ini = this
• itu = that

So kusyen itu makes the noun specific: that cushion or the cushion.

By default, kusyen does not show singular or plural by its form. Malay nouns usually do not change form for number.

So kusyen could mean:

• cushion
• cushions

In this sentence, it is understood as singular because of context and natural interpretation.

If a speaker really wants to make plurality explicit, Malay can do that in other ways, for example with context, numbers, or reduplication:

• kusyen-kusyen itu = those cushions

But Malay often leaves number unstated unless it matters.

Yes, it is natural, but it sounds a bit formal because of mempunyai and baharu.

A more everyday version would be:

• Kusyen itu ada upholsteri baru.

The original sentence is the kind of Malay you might see in:

• product descriptions
• advertising copy
• careful written language
• formal explanations

So it is correct and natural, just not the most casual everyday phrasing.