Peguam itu pergi ke mahkamah.

In Malay, demonstratives like ini and itu normally come after the noun.

So:

• peguam itu = that lawyer / often the lawyer
• mahkamah itu = that court

This is the normal Malay pattern:

• rumah itu = that house
• buku ini = this book

So English puts that before the noun, but Malay puts itu after it.

Literally, itu often means that. But in many sentences, especially when referring to something already known or identifiable, it can feel more like the in English.

So peguam itu can mean:

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

Malay does not have a direct article system like English a/an/the, so words like itu often help make a noun feel specific.

Yes. You could say:

• Peguam pergi ke mahkamah.

That is grammatical. Without itu, the noun is less specifically marked. It could mean something like a lawyer or the lawyer, depending on context.

Adding itu makes the lawyer sound more definite or already identifiable.

Pergi means go, goes, or went, depending on context.

Malay verbs do not change form for:

• person: I go / he goes
• number: lawyer / lawyers
• tense: go / went / will go

So the same verb stays pergi.

Examples:

• Saya pergi = I go / I went
• Dia pergi = he/she goes / went
• Mereka pergi = they go / went

Malay usually shows time with context or time words such as:

• semalam = yesterday
• sekarang = now
• esok = tomorrow

It can mean either, depending on context.

By itself, Peguam itu pergi ke mahkamah does not explicitly mark tense. A translation may choose goes, went, or sometimes even is going, depending on the situation.

For example:

• Semalam peguam itu pergi ke mahkamah. = Yesterday the lawyer went to court.
• Setiap pagi peguam itu pergi ke mahkamah. = Every morning the lawyer goes to court.

So context tells you the time.

Ke is a preposition meaning to or towards, especially with places or destinations.

So:

• ke mahkamah = to court

Other examples:

• ke sekolah = to school
• ke rumah = to the house/home
• ke Kuala Lumpur = to Kuala Lumpur

A useful comparison:

• ke = to
• di = at / in

So:

• pergi ke mahkamah = go to court
• di mahkamah = at/in the court

Malay does not use articles like English a/an/the.

That means a noun can often appear by itself:

• mahkamah = court / the court / a court

The exact meaning depends on context.

So ke mahkamah is completely natural for to court or to the court. Malay does not need a separate word like the there.

It can be either, depending on context.

Mahkamah usually means court in the legal sense, but it may refer to:

• the institution of the court
• the court proceedings
• the courthouse/building

In many everyday translations, pergi ke mahkamah is simply rendered as go to court.

If the physical building matters, context usually makes that clear.

No. Peguam is gender-neutral.

It can refer to:

• a male lawyer
• a female lawyer

Malay nouns generally do not have grammatical gender the way some other languages do. So peguam does not change based on whether the lawyer is a man or a woman.

This sentence uses the basic and most natural word order:

• Peguam itu = subject
• pergi = verb
• ke mahkamah = prepositional phrase

So the pattern is:

Subject + Verb + Destination

That is the normal order for a simple statement like this.

Malay can sometimes move things around for emphasis, but for a learner, this standard order is the safest and most natural one to use.

A simple learner-friendly approximation is:

• peguam: puh-goo-am
• itu: ee-too
• pergi: puhr-gee
• ke: kuh
• mahkamah: mahk-kah-mah

A few helpful notes:

• e in unstressed syllables often sounds like a neutral uh sound.
• r in Malay is usually pronounced more clearly than in many varieties of English.
• peguam has three syllables: pe-gu-am

If you say it smoothly, it sounds roughly like:

puh-goo-am ee-too puhr-gee kuh mahk-kah-mah

Because the subject is already given as a noun phrase: peguam itu.

Malay, like English, does not need a pronoun if you already name the person or thing doing the action.

So instead of saying he/she went to court, the sentence directly says the lawyer went to court.

That is why the structure is complete without any extra pronoun.