Kami menggunakan teknologi itu.

In Malay, kami and kita both can mean we, but they are not interchangeable.

• kami = we, but not including the person being spoken to
• kita = we, including the person being spoken to

So Kami menggunakan teknologi itu means the speaker’s group uses that technology, but the listener is not part of that group.

If the listener is included, you would say:

Kita menggunakan teknologi itu.

Menggunakan means to use or to make use of.

It comes from the root guna, which means use or usefulness. The full verb is formed with:

• meng- = a verb-forming prefix
• guna = root
• -kan = a suffix often used in transitive verbs

So:

• guna = use
• menggunakan = to use something

This is a very common pattern in Malay verb formation.

Yes. Kami guna teknologi itu is natural, especially in everyday speech.

The difference is mainly style:

• Kami menggunakan teknologi itu = more formal, complete, written style
• Kami guna teknologi itu = more casual, conversational

Both are correct. Learners will often hear guna a lot in speech.

In Malay, demonstratives such as ini and itu usually come after the noun.

So:

• teknologi ini = this technology
• teknologi itu = that technology

This is different from English, where this and that come before the noun.

It can mean either, depending on context.

Very often:

• teknologi itu = that technology
• but in many situations it can also feel like the technology, especially when referring to something already known in the conversation

Malay does not use articles like the or a/an the way English does, so words like itu sometimes help make a noun more definite.

Malay does not have articles like a, an, and the as English does.

So Malay often just says the noun directly:

• teknologi = technology / a technology / the technology, depending on context

If the speaker wants to point to a specific one, they may use itu or ini:

• teknologi itu = that technology / the technology
• teknologi ini = this technology

By itself, Kami menggunakan teknologi itu does not mark tense clearly.

Depending on context, it could mean:

• We use that technology
• We are using that technology
• We used that technology
• We will use that technology

Malay often relies on context or time words, such as:

• sekarang = now
• semalam = yesterday
• esok = tomorrow
• sudah = already
• akan = will

For example:

• Kami sedang menggunakan teknologi itu = We are using that technology
• Kami sudah menggunakan teknologi itu = We have used / used that technology
• Kami akan menggunakan teknologi itu = We will use that technology

Yes, this sentence follows the common Subject–Verb–Object order:

• Kami = subject
• menggunakan = verb
• teknologi itu = object

So it matches English quite closely:

• We / use / that technology

This makes sentences like this one fairly straightforward for English speakers.

No, not always.

• Kami menggunakan teknologi. = We use technology.
• Kami menggunakan teknologi itu. = We use that technology / the technology.

Without itu, the meaning is more general. With itu, it refers to a more specific technology.

So whether you include it depends on what you want to say.

It is a borrowed word, ultimately from the same international source as English technology.

Many modern Malay words in fields like science, government, and education are loanwords or adapted international terms. Teknologi is completely normal and standard in Malay.

A simple pronunciation guide is:

• Kami = KAH-mee
• menggunakan = meng-goo-NA-kan
• teknologi = tek-no-LO-gee
• itu = EE-too

A more natural flow would sound roughly like:

KAH-mee meng-goo-NA-kan tek-no-LO-gee EE-too

The ng in meng- is like the ng in sing.

Sometimes, yes, if the context already makes it clear who is being talked about.

Malay often drops subjects in conversation when they are understood. But in a clear standalone sentence, keeping kami is normal and helpful.

So:

• Kami menggunakan teknologi itu. = fully clear and complete
• Menggunakan teknologi itu. = possible in context, but less explicit on its own

For learners, it is usually best to include the subject until you are comfortable with when it can be omitted.