Pemeriksaan keselamatan bermula hari ini.

Pemeriksaan means inspection, examination, or checking.

It comes from the root periksa = to inspect / to examine / to check.

The noun is formed with the pattern:

• peN- ... -an → often makes a noun for an act or process

So:

• periksa = check, inspect
• pemeriksaan = inspection, examination, checking

This is a very common Malay word-building pattern.

Selamat usually means safe, peaceful, or appears in greetings like selamat pagi.

Keselamatan is the noun form, meaning safety or security.

So:

• selamat = safe
• keselamatan = safety / security

In pemeriksaan keselamatan, the second word describes what kind of inspection it is:

• pemeriksaan keselamatan = safety inspection or security check

It can mean either, depending on context.

• keselamatan can mean safety
• It can also mean security

So the phrase may be understood as:

• safety inspection
• security inspection
• security check

In real-life usage, context tells you which one is meant. For example, at an airport it would likely mean security screening/check.

Bermula means begins, starts, or commences.

It comes from the root mula = to begin / beginning / start.

The form bermula is an intransitive verb, so it means something like to begin rather than to begin something.

In this sentence:

• Pemeriksaan keselamatan bermula hari ini.
• The safety/security inspection begins today.

Both can appear in Malay, but bermula often sounds a bit more complete or formal in this kind of sentence.

Compare:

• bermula hari ini = begins today
• mula hari ini = also possible in some contexts, especially in speech, but can sound a little less formal or more abbreviated

In announcements, notices, or formal writing, bermula is very natural.

Malay usually does not mark tense the way English does.

So bermula by itself does not specifically mean:

• begins
• is beginning
• will begin
• began

Instead, time is often understood from context or from time words like hari ini = today.

Because the sentence has hari ini, the meaning is naturally understood as something like:

• begins today
• is starting today

Malay often leaves tense unstated unless it needs to be made very clear.

Putting hari ini at the end is very normal in Malay.

The basic structure here is:

• Pemeriksaan keselamatan = subject
• bermula = verb
• hari ini = time expression

So the sentence follows a common pattern:

• [subject] + [verb] + [time]

You can also move the time expression for emphasis:

• Hari ini, pemeriksaan keselamatan bermula.

That also works, but the original sentence sounds very natural.

No. Malay does not have articles like English a, an, and the.

So:

• pemeriksaan keselamatan can mean a safety inspection, the safety inspection, or just safety inspection

The exact meaning depends on context.

This is one reason Malay can feel more compact than English.

It is two words:

• hari = day
• ini = this

Together:

• hari ini = today
  literally: this day

This is a very common pattern in Malay:

• minggu ini = this week
• bulan ini = this month
• tahun ini = this year

Yes. A more everyday or simpler version might be:

• Pemeriksaan keselamatan mula hari ini.

Or, depending on context:

• Pemeriksaan keselamatan akan bermula hari ini. = The inspection will begin today.

Adding akan makes the future meaning more explicit.

The original sentence, though, is already perfectly natural, especially in formal announcements or notices.

A rough pronunciation guide for an English speaker is:

• pemeriksaan → puh-muh-REEK-sahn
• keselamatan → kuh-suh-lah-MAH-tahn
• bermula → ber-MOO-lah
• hari ini → HAH-ree ee-NEE

A few helpful notes:

• r in Malay is usually tapped or lightly rolled
• a is usually like the a in father, not the English ay
• stress is often fairly even, though the second-to-last syllable often sounds slightly more prominent

This is only an approximation, but it can help you get started.