Perujuk peribadi menulis surat sokongan.

Perujuk peribadi usually refers to a personal reference or personal referee in the sense of a person who gives a reference for someone.

• perujuk = referrer / referee / person who gives a reference
• peribadi = personal, private

So together, it means something like personal reference in English. In actual usage, the exact English translation may depend on context:

• a personal reference
• a personal referee
• someone acting as a personal reference

In Malay, the main noun usually comes first, and words that describe it come after it.

So:

• perujuk = the main noun
• peribadi = describes what kind of perujuk

This is very common in Malay:

• rumah besar = big house
• kereta merah = red car
• surat sokongan = support letter

English often puts modifiers before the noun, but Malay usually puts them after.

Menulis means to write / writes / is writing, depending on context.

It comes from the root word:

• tulis = write

With the prefix meN-, it becomes:

• menulis = to write / writes

This prefix often marks an active verb, especially when the verb takes an object.

Here:

• menulis surat sokongan = writes a support letter

So menulis is the normal form you would expect in a sentence like this.

Malay does not normally use articles like a, an, or the.

So:

• perujuk peribadi can mean a personal reference or the personal reference
• surat sokongan can mean a support letter or the support letter

Which one is meant depends on the context.

This is very normal in Malay, and learners often need to get used to the fact that definiteness is usually understood rather than explicitly marked.

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

So menulis by itself does not tell you whether the action is:

• present: writes
• progressive: is writing
• past: wrote
• future: will write

You usually know from:

• context
• time words

For example:

• sedang menulis = is writing
• telah menulis = has wrote / wrote / has written depending on context
• akan menulis = will write

Without any time marker, menulis is often understood as a general present or context-dependent action.

Literally, it is:

• surat = letter
• sokongan = support

So surat sokongan literally means letter of support, and in natural English you might say:

• support letter
• letter of support

Again, the noun comes first in Malay:

• surat sokongan = support letter not
• sokongan surat

Sokong is the root meaning support.
Sokongan is the noun form meaning support in the sense of support/endorsement/backing.

So:

• sokong = to support
• sokongan = support, backing, endorsement

Because surat sokongan is a noun phrase, Malay uses the noun form sokongan.

This is similar to how English uses support as a noun in support letter, not the verb support in a sentence like letter support.

Yes. It follows the basic Malay pattern:

Subject + Verb + Object

Here:

• Perujuk peribadi = subject
• menulis = verb
• surat sokongan = object

So the structure is very straightforward and natural.

Yes. This is one of those places where translation can be a little tricky.

In English, personal reference can refer to:

• the person who gives the reference, or
• the reference statement/letter itself, depending on context

In Malay, perujuk clearly points to a person who refers or recommends someone. So in this sentence, it refers to a person, because that person is the one writing the letter.

Yes. Since Malay does not mark articles and often leaves tense to context, this sentence could be understood in several natural English ways, such as:

• A personal reference writes a support letter
• The personal reference writes a support letter
• The personal referee is writing a support letter

The exact best translation depends on the situation in which the sentence appears.

You would often add sedang before the verb:

• Perujuk peribadi sedang menulis surat sokongan.

This means:

• The personal reference is writing a support letter.

Sedang is a common marker for an action in progress.

Yes. A passive version would be:

• Surat sokongan ditulis oleh perujuk peribadi.

This means:

• The support letter is written by the personal reference.
• or more naturally, The support letter was written by the personal reference, depending on context

Here:

• ditulis = is written / was written
• oleh = by

Malay uses passive constructions quite often, so it is useful to recognize both active and passive patterns.