Mereka mengaudit pematuhan.

Mereka means they or them, depending on context.

In this sentence, it is the subject, so it means they.

It does not mean he or she. Malay has separate words such as dia or ia for he/she. Also, mereka is plural, so it refers to more than one person.

Malay often adds prefixes to verbs. Here, the base word is audit, and the prefix meng- is added to form the active verb mengaudit, meaning to audit.

So:

• audit = audit
• mengaudit = to audit / are auditing / audit, depending on context

This is very common in Malay formal writing and speech.

The active prefix is often taught as meN-, where the final nasal sound changes depending on the first sound of the base word.

With audit, Malay forms meng-audit → written as mengaudit.

This happens because the prefix adjusts to fit pronunciation. You do not need to separate it when writing; the standard form is one word: mengaudit.

It is a loanword, borrowed from English, but it is fully usable in Malay, especially in formal, professional, business, legal, and administrative contexts.

Malay uses many borrowed words, and they can still take normal Malay affixes. So even though audit comes from English, mengaudit is a normal Malay verb form.

Pematuhan is a noun meaning compliance.

It comes from the root patuh, meaning obedient or to comply. The pattern pe- ... -an often forms abstract nouns or concepts.

So:

• patuh = obedient / compliant
• mematuhi = to comply with
• pematuhan = compliance

In this sentence, pematuhan is the thing being audited.

Malay does not usually use articles like a, an, or the the way English does.

So pematuhan can mean:

• compliance
• the compliance
• a compliance-related matter

The exact English translation depends on context. In many cases, English needs an article, but Malay often does not.

The word order is:

Mereka + mengaudit + pematuhan
Subject + Verb + Object

That is very similar to normal English word order:

They audit compliance.

So this sentence is structurally quite straightforward for an English speaker.

No, not by itself.

Malay verbs usually do not change form for tense the way English verbs do. Mengaudit can mean:

• audit
• are auditing
• audited
• will audit

The time is usually understood from context or shown with time words such as:

• semalam = yesterday
• sekarang = now
• esok = tomorrow
• sudah = already
• sedang = in the middle of doing
• akan = will

So without context, the sentence is simply They audit / are auditing compliance.

Yes. In real usage, pematuhan often refers to compliance with laws, regulations, standards, procedures, or policies.

So this sentence could naturally be understood as something like:

• They audit compliance.
• They audit regulatory compliance.
• They conduct a compliance audit.

The exact nuance depends on the surrounding context.

It is grammatical and natural, but it sounds formal and professional.

You might hear it in contexts like:

• business
• government
• law
• quality control
• internal review
• finance

In casual everyday conversation, people might use a longer or more specific phrase if needed, but this sentence is perfectly normal in formal Malay.

Yes. Malay can express similar meanings in different ways.

For example, speakers might also use wording built around the noun audit, depending on style and context. But mereka mengaudit pematuhan is a direct and efficient verbal structure meaning they audit compliance.

In other words:

• mengaudit focuses on the action to audit
• other phrasing may focus more on an audit as a thing or process

A little. Since audit begins with a vowel, meng- attaches directly, giving mengaudit.

Roughly, it is pronounced something like:

meng-au-dit

The ng in meng is the sound at the end of English sing. Many learners find that helpful.

So do not pronounce the ng as a hard g sound like in finger. It is the nasal sound ng.