Mereka mengangkut dan memunggah kabinet itu.

In Malay, demonstratives usually come after the noun.

So:

• kabinet itu = that cabinet
• rumah ini = this house

This is the normal Malay word order.
Also, depending on context, kabinet itu can sometimes feel like the cabinet, not only that cabinet.

Mereka means they.

A few important points:

• It is plural
• It does not show gender
• It is usually used for people, not things

So mereka can mean they whether the group is male, female, or mixed.

The prefix meN- is a very common Malay verb prefix. In sentences like this, it usually forms an active verb, where the subject is the doer of the action.

So here:

• mengangkut = actively transport/carry
• memunggah = actively unload

This tells you that mereka are the ones performing those actions.

Because meN- changes shape depending on the first sound of the root word. This is a normal sound pattern in Malay.

Here:

• angkut begins with a vowel, so meN- becomes meng- → mengangkut
• punggah begins with p, so meN- becomes mem-, and the p drops → memunggah

So the underlying prefix is the same, but its form changes to fit the sound that follows.

Because both verbs share the same object.

So:

• mengangkut dan memunggah kabinet itu

means:

• they transported the cabinet
• and unloaded the cabinet

Malay often avoids repeating the object when it is clearly the same for both verbs.

They are related actions, but not the same action.

• mengangkut = to carry, transport, or move something from one place to another
• memunggah = to unload or offload something, often from a vehicle or storage place

So the sentence suggests a sequence like this:

1. they moved or transported the cabinet
2. they unloaded it

This is why both verbs appear together.

Malay does not have tense marking in the same way English does. The verb form itself usually does not change for past, present, or future.

So Mereka mengangkut dan memunggah kabinet itu could mean different times depending on context.

If the speaker wants to make time clearer, they can add words like:

• sudah or telah = already / completed
• sedang = in progress
• akan = will / going to

For example:

• Mereka sudah mengangkut dan memunggah kabinet itu = They already transported and unloaded the cabinet.

In this sentence, yes, that is the natural interpretation.

The word kabinet can also mean cabinet in the political sense, as in a government cabinet. But because the verbs are mengangkut and memunggah, the sentence clearly refers to a physical object that can be moved and unloaded.

So here it means a furniture-type cabinet, cupboard, or similar item.

Malay nouns usually do not change form for singular versus plural.

So kabinet can refer to:

• one cabinet
• more than one cabinet

You usually know from context.

In this sentence, kabinet itu most naturally sounds like that specific cabinet, so it is understood as singular. If the speaker wanted to make plurality very explicit, they could say something like kabinet-kabinet itu, though that is not always necessary.

Normally, dan is the clear and natural choice here because it links two coordinated verbs: transport and unload.

Without dan, the sentence would sound less standard or less clear in this context.

So:

• mengangkut dan memunggah = transported and unloaded

Using dan makes it clear that these are two separate but connected actions.

Malay often allows the subject to be omitted if it is already obvious from context. But when the speaker wants to be clear about who did the action, including mereka is perfectly normal.

So this full sentence is natural because it clearly states the subject:

• Mereka = they

If the subject had already been mentioned in the previous sentence, Malay might sometimes leave it out.