Yuran bulanan itu tinggi.

In Malay, you often do not need a verb like is/am/are in simple sentences.

So:

• Yuran bulanan itu tinggi = The/that monthly fee is high
• literally, it is more like monthly fee that high

This is completely normal. In everyday Malay, the pattern subject + adjective is very common.

Malay usually puts many modifiers after the noun, not before it.

So:

• yuran = fee
• bulanan = monthly

Together, yuran bulanan means monthly fee.

This noun-first pattern is very common in Malay, so it is normal that the describing word comes after yuran.

Bulanan is a word formed from bulan meaning month.

Here it means monthly.

It functions like an adjective describing yuran. You will see similar patterns in Malay:

• harian = daily
• mingguan = weekly
• bulanan = monthly
• tahunan = yearly / annual

So yuran bulanan is the standard way to say monthly fee.

Itu usually means that, but in real sentences it can also feel like the, depending on context.

So yuran bulanan itu can mean:

• that monthly fee
• the monthly fee
  if both speakers already know which fee is being talked about

Malay often uses itu to point to something specific or already known.

In Malay, demonstratives like ini and itu usually come after the noun phrase they refer to.

So the order is:

• yuran bulanan itu
• fee monthly that

This is the normal Malay pattern:

• buku itu = that book
• rumah besar itu = that big house
• yuran bulanan itu = that monthly fee

So even though English says that monthly fee, Malay says fee monthly that.

Yes, you can say Yuran bulanan tinggi.

But the feeling changes a little:

• Yuran bulanan itu tinggi = a specific monthly fee is high
• Yuran bulanan tinggi = monthly fees are high / the monthly fee is high, but less specifically marked

With itu, the sentence sounds more definite and tied to something already mentioned or understood.

Yes, tinggi literally means high, and Malay uses it naturally for amounts, levels, rates, and fees.

So for money-related things, tinggi often means:

• high
• large in amount
• costly in level

That is why Yuran bulanan itu tinggi sounds natural.

You may also hear mahal for expensive, but the nuance is a bit different:

• tinggi focuses on the amount/level
• mahal focuses more on something being expensive to pay

For a fee, tinggi is very natural.

By itself, Malay nouns usually do not show singular vs. plural as clearly as English nouns do.

So yuran can be understood from context.

In this sentence, it is most naturally understood as a single fee amount or a specific monthly fee. But Malay often leaves number unstated unless it really matters.

If you really needed to make it clearly plural, Malay can use repetition:

• yuran-yuran

But in normal usage, that is often unnecessary.

Yes.

• ini = this
• itu = that

So:

• Yuran bulanan ini tinggi = This monthly fee is high
• Yuran bulanan itu tinggi = That monthly fee is high

The choice depends on whether the thing feels near/current (ini) or more distant/already pointed out (itu).

A simple English-friendly approximation is:

YOO-ran boo-LAH-nan EE-too TEENG-gee

Breakdown:

• yuran = YOO-ran
• bulanan = boo-LAH-nan
• itu = EE-too
• tinggi = TEENG-gee

A few tips:

• ng in tinggi is like the ng in sing
• Malay pronunciation is usually quite regular
• each vowel is generally pronounced clearly

So the full sentence flows like:

YOO-ran boo-LAH-nan EE-too TEENG-gee