Panel pemilihan bermesyuarat hari ini.

Malay often builds noun phrases by putting two nouns together. The second noun describes the first.

• panel = panel
• pemilihan = selection / the act or process of selecting

So panel pemilihan means selection panel. English often uses of, for, or a longer phrase, but Malay commonly just uses this noun + noun pattern.

Pilih is the root word meaning choose.

From that root, Malay makes different forms:

• pilih = choose
• memilih = to choose
• pemilihan = selection / the process of choosing

So in this sentence, pemilihan is a noun, not a verb. It describes what kind of panel it is: a selection panel.

The prefix ber- often makes a verb meaning to do, to have, or to be engaged in something.

Here:

• mesyuarat = meeting
• bermesyuarat = to hold a meeting / to be in a meeting

So bermesyuarat is the action of the sentence.

In standard Malay, mesyuarat is mainly a noun meaning meeting.

To express the action to meet / to hold a meeting, standard Malay usually uses bermesyuarat.

So:

• Ada mesyuarat = There is a meeting
• Mereka bermesyuarat = They are meeting / They are holding a meeting

In casual usage, you may sometimes hear mesyuarat used more loosely, but bermesyuarat is the standard form here.

Because Malay does not use is/are/am the way English does in most sentences.

In Panel pemilihan bermesyuarat hari ini, the main verb is already bermesyuarat, so no extra verb like is is needed.

Malay often keeps things simpler in this way:

• Dia guru = He/She is a teacher
• Mereka sibuk = They are busy
• Panel pemilihan bermesyuarat = The selection panel is meeting

Malay verbs do not usually change form for tense the way English verbs do.

Instead, time is often shown by context or by time words. Here, hari ini means today, so it tells you the action is happening in the present time frame.

Without a time word, the sentence could be understood from context:

• present: is meeting
• habitual: meets
• sometimes even future/past if the context makes that clear

Time expressions in Malay are often placed after the verb, so bermesyuarat hari ini is very natural.

The basic order here is:

• Panel pemilihan = subject
• bermesyuarat = verb
• hari ini = time expression

Malay word order is fairly flexible, but this sentence sounds standard and natural. You could also move the time expression for emphasis, for example:

• Hari ini, panel pemilihan bermesyuarat.

That puts extra focus on today.

Yes. Adding sedang emphasizes that the action is in progress.

• Panel pemilihan bermesyuarat hari ini = The selection panel is meeting today
• Panel pemilihan sedang bermesyuarat hari ini = The selection panel is in the middle of meeting today / is currently meeting today

Often, sedang is optional if the time is already clear from context.

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

So panel pemilihan can mean:

• a selection panel
• the selection panel

The exact meaning depends on context. In many real situations, English would naturally translate it as the selection panel, but Malay does not need a separate word for that.

Yes, quite similar.

The structure is:

• Panel pemilihan = subject
• bermesyuarat = verb
• hari ini = time expression

So it is roughly Subject + Verb + Time, which feels quite natural to an English speaker.

A literal gloss would be something like:

• selection panel meets today

That is one reason this sentence is relatively easy for English speakers to process.

A simple learner-friendly pronunciation is:

ber-me-shu-a-rat

A few notes:

• ber sounds roughly like buhrr with a light r
• me is short
• syu sounds like shoo
• a-rat is pronounced clearly, not swallowed

So you can aim for something close to:

bər-me-shoo-ah-raht

Exact pronunciation varies a little by speaker, but that will be understood well.