Dia mengetatkan pedal, melaras hendal, dan memeriksa jejari.

Dia is a third-person singular pronoun meaning he, she, or sometimes they in a singular sense, depending on context.

Malay does not usually mark gender in pronouns the way English does. So:

• Dia mengetatkan pedal... = He tightened the pedal...
• Dia mengetatkan pedal... = She tightened the pedal...

You only know which one is meant from the wider context.

Malay verbs usually do not change form for tense. The same verb form can be used for present, past, or future, and time is understood from context or from time words.

So:

• Dia mengetatkan pedal can mean he/she tightens the pedal, tightened the pedal, or will tighten the pedal, depending on context.

If Malay wants to make time clearer, it can add words like:

• sudah = already
• sedang = in the process of
• akan = will

For example:

• Dia sudah memeriksa jejari = He/She has checked the spokes.

Mengetatkan is built from the root ketat, which means tight.

It has:

• the prefix meN-
• the suffix -kan

So:

• ketat = tight
• mengetatkan = to tighten, to make something tight

This is a very common pattern in Malay: an adjective or root becomes a transitive verb meaning to make something become X.

Examples:

• besar = big
• membesarkan = to enlarge, to make bigger

So mengetatkan pedal means to tighten the pedal.

This happens because the meN- prefix changes shape depending on the first sound of the root. This is a normal sound-change pattern in Malay.

With a root like ketat, the k is typically dropped after the prefix, giving:

• meN- + ketat + -kan → mengetatkan

This kind of change also happens with many other roots. Learners usually just get used to recognizing the pattern over time.

Melaras means to adjust, to align, or to tune, depending on context.

In this sentence, with bicycle-related vocabulary, it most likely means adjusting something mechanically. So:

• melaras hendal = adjusting the handlebar(s)

It comes from the root laras, and the prefix meN- turns it into an active verb:

• laras → melaras

Hendal means handlebar or handlebars in this kind of context.

Since the other words in the sentence suggest a bicycle or wheel-related situation:

• pedal
• hendal
• jejari

the meaning is almost certainly about parts of a bicycle.

In English, we often say the handlebars, but Malay nouns do not have to mark singular/plural in the same way, so hendal can work without a special plural ending.

Yes, jejari can have more than one meaning depending on context.

Common meanings include:

• spokes of a wheel
• radius in mathematics
• sometimes related to fingers in other contexts

In this sentence, because of pedal and hendal, jejari almost certainly means the spokes of a wheel.

So:

• memeriksa jejari = checking the spokes

Memeriksa comes from the root periksa, meaning inspect, check, or examine.

With the meN- prefix:

• periksa → memeriksa

So:

• memeriksa jejari = checking the spokes

This is another very common Malay verb pattern: meN- + root for an active verb.

That is the normal word order in Malay.

Malay usually follows:

• Subject + Verb + Object

So in this sentence:

• Dia = subject
• mengetatkan / melaras / memeriksa = verbs
• pedal / hendal / jejari = objects

That makes the structure very straightforward for English speakers:

• Dia mengetatkan pedal
  = He/She tightened the pedal

This is the normal way to list actions, just like in English.

The sentence gives a sequence of actions:

• mengetatkan pedal
• melaras hendal
• dan memeriksa jejari

So it works like:

• He tightened the pedal, adjusted the handlebars, and checked the spokes.

The dan means and.

Malay does not use articles like English a, an, and the in the same way.

So:

• pedal can mean a pedal or the pedal
• hendal can mean a handlebar / the handlebar / the handlebars
• jejari can mean spokes / the spokes

The exact meaning depends on context.

This is very normal in Malay, and learners should get used to the idea that definiteness is often left unstated unless it needs to be clarified.

It very likely is, or at least about something bicycle-like.

The clues are:

• pedal = pedal
• hendal = handlebar(s)
• jejari = spokes

Those three words together strongly suggest a bicycle or a wheeled vehicle with similar parts.

So even if the meaning has already been given, the vocabulary itself points clearly to that context.