Kabinet itu kemik dan ada noda.

Malay often leaves out the present-tense to be. So where English says The cabinet is dented, Malay can simply say Kabinet itu kemik.

This is very common with:

• adjectives: Rumah itu besar = The house is big
• nouns: Dia guru = She is a teacher
• locations/existence in some patterns

So the lack of is is normal, not missing.

Itu usually means that, but in many sentences it also helps make a noun feel definite, like the in English.

So kabinet itu can mean:

• that cabinet
• or, depending on context, the cabinet

Malay demonstratives usually come after the noun:

• kabinet itu = that/the cabinet
• kabinet ini = this cabinet

That post-noun position is standard in Malay.

Here, kemik works as an adjective/state word, meaning dented or crumpled in shape.

In Kabinet itu kemik, it is the predicate describing the cabinet.

You can also see it inside a noun phrase:

• kabinet kemik itu = that dented cabinet

So yes, a learner can think of kemik here as an adjective.

Ada means there is/there are or sometimes has/contains, depending on context.

So ada noda literally means something like:

• there is a stain / there are stains
• and in this sentence, naturally: it has stain(s) or there are stain(s) on it

Malay often uses ada + noun to express that something is present:

• Ada masalah = There is a problem
• Baju itu ada lubang = That shirt has a hole / There is a hole in that shirt

So dan ada noda is a normal way to say the cabinet has stains.

Because Malay often leaves out words that are already clear from context.

In English, you would say:

• The cabinet is dented and it has stains

In Malay, once Kabinet itu has already been introduced, the second part can simply continue with:

• dan ada noda

The subject is understood. Repeating it would usually sound unnecessary unless you want emphasis.

It can mean a stain or stains. Malay nouns usually do not change form for singular vs. plural.

So noda by itself is number-neutral, and context tells you whether it is one or several.

If you want to be more specific, you could say:

• satu noda = one stain
• beberapa noda = several stains

In the sentence you gave, English might translate it as either singular or plural depending on context.

Yes. Bernoda means stained or marked with stains.

So:

• Kabinet itu kemik dan ada noda = The cabinet is dented and has stain(s)
• Kabinet itu kemik dan bernoda = The cabinet is dented and stained

The version with bernoda is more compact and adjective-like.
The version with ada noda feels a little more like there are stains on it.

Both are understandable; the choice depends on style and emphasis.

Here it clearly means the furniture kind.

The clues are kemik and noda, which describe physical damage or marks. A government cabinet would not normally be described that way.

So in this sentence, kabinet means something like a cabinet, cupboard, or storage unit.

Yes. The basic structure is very normal:

• Kabinet itu = subject
• kemik = first description
• dan ada noda = second description

Malay often uses:

• Subject + adjective/state
• Subject + ada + noun

So this sentence combines two very common patterns:

• Kabinet itu kemik
• Kabinet itu ada noda

Then they are joined with dan.

Not exactly. Inside a noun phrase, Malay usually keeps the descriptive word after the noun, and itu usually comes at the end:

• kabinet kemik itu = the/that dented cabinet

Compare:

• Kabinet itu kemik = The cabinet is dented
• kabinet kemik itu = the dented cabinet

So a full sentence and a noun phrase can look similar, but their structure is slightly different.