Berdasarkan resit jualan, nampaknya hasil jualan semakin tinggi.

Berdasarkan means based on or according to.

In Berdasarkan resit jualan, it introduces the basis for the statement:

• Based on the sales receipt(s)

It is a common formal or semi-formal word in reports, explanations, and written Malay.

Examples:

• Berdasarkan laporan itu, syarikat untung. = Based on that report, the company is making a profit.
• Berdasarkan data, jumlah pelanggan meningkat. = Based on the data, the number of customers increased.

This fronted phrase gives the source of evidence before the main statement.

So the structure is basically:

• Berdasarkan resit jualan = based on the sales receipts
• nampaknya hasil jualan semakin tinggi = it seems the sales revenue is getting higher

Malay often places this kind of contextual phrase at the beginning for clarity. In English, we do something similar:

• Based on the receipts, it seems sales revenue is increasing.

The comma helps separate the introductory phrase from the main clause.

Resit means receipt, and jualan comes from jual (to sell) and means sales or items sold, depending on context.

So resit jualan means:

• sales receipt
• or more generally receipt from a sale

In business contexts, it can refer to a receipt showing a transaction.

Because the two noun phrases mean different things:

• resit jualan = sales receipt / receipt of sale
• hasil jualan = sales proceeds / sales revenue / the result of sales

So jualan is the common idea of sale/sales, but the head nouns are different:

• resit = receipt
• hasil = result, yield, proceeds

This is very normal in Malay. Repetition is not avoided as strongly as in English if it helps keep the meaning precise.

The base word is jual = to sell.

Adding -an often turns a verb into a noun related to the action or its result:

• jual = sell
• jualan = sale, sales, things sold

So here jualan is a noun, not a verb.

Other examples:

• makan = eat
• makanan = food
• tulis = write
• tulisan = writing

Nampaknya means it seems, apparently, or it looks like.

It comes from nampak (to appear / be visible / seem) plus -nya, which here helps make it sound like a set expression meaning apparently or it seems that.

So:

• nampaknya hasil jualan semakin tinggi = it seems that the sales revenue is getting higher

This is a very common spoken and written expression.

Examples:

• Nampaknya dia belum sampai. = It seems he hasn’t arrived yet.
• Nampaknya hujan akan turun. = It looks like it’s going to rain.

In this sentence, -nya does not literally mean his/her/its.

Instead, in nampaknya, it helps form a fixed expression meaning:

• it seems
• apparently

This use of -nya is very common in Malay. It can make an expression sound more natural, complete, or idiomatic.

Compare:

• Nampak dia letih. = He/she looks tired.
• Nampaknya dia letih. = It seems he/she is tired.

The second one is more like a full comment by the speaker.

Malay often leaves out subjects when they are not necessary.

In English, we need a dummy subject:

• It seems...

In Malay, that is often not needed:

• Nampaknya...

So the sentence is natural even without a word corresponding exactly to English it.

This is a very common difference between English and Malay.

Not exactly.

• jualan = sales / things sold / sale items / the act or total of selling, depending on context
• hasil jualan = sales proceeds / revenue from sales / the result of selling

Hasil often means result, yield, or proceeds.

So hasil jualan is more specifically about the amount produced by sales, especially in a business or financial sense.

Yes, tinggi literally means high or tall, but like English high, it is also used figuratively.

So hasil jualan semakin tinggi means:

• sales revenue is getting higher

This is completely natural.

Similar figurative uses:

• harga tinggi = high prices
• permintaan tinggi = high demand
• kadar yang tinggi = a high rate

Semakin means increasingly, more and more, or getting more and more.

So:

• semakin tinggi = getting higher / increasingly high

This suggests a continuing change over time.

By contrast, lebih tinggi usually means simply higher in a comparative sense:

• lebih tinggi daripada tahun lepas = higher than last year

So:

• semakin tinggi = rising more and more
• lebih tinggi = higher than something

Yes, often it could, though the wording changes slightly.

For example:

• hasil jualan semakin tinggi
• hasil jualan semakin meningkat

Both suggest improvement over time.

Nuance:

• semakin tinggi focuses on the level becoming higher
• semakin meningkat focuses on the process of increasing

Both are natural in business-style Malay.

Malay often does not use a copula equivalent to English is/are in many sentences.

English:

• The sales revenue is getting higher.

Malay:

• Hasil jualan semakin tinggi.

No adalah is needed here.

In fact, adalah would usually sound unnatural in this specific sentence. Malay commonly links the subject directly to an adjective or descriptive phrase.

It sounds neutral to slightly formal.

Reasons:

• berdasarkan is a fairly formal/common written word
• hasil jualan sounds business-like
• nampaknya is natural in both speech and writing

So the sentence would fit well in:

• a report
• a business discussion
• a written observation
• a semi-formal spoken comment

It is not overly stiff, but it is more polished than very casual everyday speech.

Yes, it could be understood either way depending on context.

Resit jualan without any extra marker can be:

• a sales receipt
• sales receipts in a general sense

Malay often does not mark singular/plural unless needed.

If you want to make plurality clearer, you could say:

• Berdasarkan resit-resit jualan... = Based on the sales receipts...
• Berdasarkan semua resit jualan... = Based on all the sales receipts...

But the original sentence is still natural as it is.

Yes, but the meaning becomes more direct and less tentative.

Compare:

• Berdasarkan resit jualan, nampaknya hasil jualan semakin tinggi. = Based on the sales receipts, it seems the sales revenue is getting higher.

• Berdasarkan resit jualan, hasil jualan semakin tinggi. = Based on the sales receipts, the sales revenue is getting higher.

With nampaknya, the speaker sounds a bit more cautious or observational. Without it, the statement sounds more definite.