Badan penaja menilai pemohon tanpa mengira pendapatan isi rumah.

Badan penaja means the sponsoring body / sponsor organization.

• badan = body, organization, agency
• penaja = sponsor

Together, this is a very common formal way to refer to an organization that provides funding or sponsorship.

In Malay, the main noun usually comes first, and the word describing or specifying it comes after.

So:

• badan penaja = sponsoring body
• literally: body sponsor

This is normal Malay noun order. English often does the opposite:

• English: sponsoring body
• Malay: badan penaja

Menilai means to assess, evaluate, or judge.

In this sentence, it means the sponsoring body is evaluating the applicants.

A useful breakdown:

• base/root: nilai = value
• menilai = to evaluate / assess

The meN- prefix often forms active verbs in Malay.

Because this sentence is in the active voice.

• Badan penaja = the subject/doer
• menilai = evaluates
• pemohon = applicant(s)

So the structure is:

Subject + active verb + object

• Badan penaja menilai pemohon
• The sponsoring body evaluates the applicants

If it were passive, you might see something like:

• Pemohon dinilai oleh badan penaja
• The applicants are evaluated by the sponsoring body

So menilai is the normal active form here.

It can mean one applicant or applicants in general. Malay nouns usually do not have to change form for singular vs. plural.

So pemohon can mean:

• an applicant
• the applicant
• applicants
• the applicants

You understand the number from context.

If Malay wants to make plurality more explicit, it can use:

• para pemohon = the applicants
• pemohon-pemohon = applicants

But in formal writing, just pemohon is very common.

Tanpa mengira means regardless of or without taking into account.

Breakdown:

• tanpa = without
• mengira = counting / considering / taking into account

In this sentence, tanpa mengira is an idiomatic formal expression meaning:

• regardless of household income
• without considering household income

So it does not literally mean someone is physically counting something here.

Good question. Kira / mengira often literally means to count, but it can also mean:

• to take into account
• to consider
• to reckon

So in tanpa mengira, the meaning is closer to:

• without regard to
• regardless of

This is a fixed and very common expression in formal Malay.

It means household income.

Breakdown:

• pendapatan = income
• isi rumah = household

So:

• pendapatan isi rumah = income of the household
• natural English: household income

This is a common formal term in government, education, and financial contexts.

Literally, isi rumah is something like the contents/members of a house, but in actual usage it means household.

Breakdown:

• isi = contents
• rumah = house

In modern usage, though, you should usually just learn isi rumah as the set phrase household.

Malay does not usually use articles like a, an, or the the way English does.

So:

• badan penaja can mean a sponsoring body or the sponsoring body
• pemohon can mean an applicant, the applicant, or applicants
• pendapatan isi rumah can mean household income or the household income, depending on context

Malay relies much more on context than English for definiteness.

Yes. The basic word order is very typical:

Subject + Verb + Object + Adverbial phrase

• Badan penaja = subject
• menilai = verb
• pemohon = object
• tanpa mengira pendapatan isi rumah = adverbial phrase explaining the condition/basis of evaluation

So the sentence structure is straightforward and natural.

Yes, in some contexts Malay allows some flexibility, especially with adverbial phrases. But the given version is natural and clear:

• Badan penaja menilai pemohon tanpa mengira pendapatan isi rumah.

This placement makes it clear that the evaluation is done regardless of household income.

If you move it, the sentence may still be understandable, but the original is the most standard and formal phrasing.

Yes, it is quite formal and would fit well in contexts like:

• scholarship information
• official notices
• policy statements
• application guidelines

Words like badan penaja, menilai, pemohon, and tanpa mengira all sound fairly formal or administrative.

A natural English version would be something like:

• The sponsoring body assesses applicants regardless of household income.
• The sponsor evaluates applicants without considering household income.
• Applicants are assessed regardless of their household income.

All of these capture the idea well, even if the wording changes slightly.

A rough pronunciation guide for an English speaker:

• badan ≈ BAH-dahn
• penaja ≈ puh-NAH-juh
• menilai ≈ muh-nee-LAI
• pemohon ≈ puh-MOH-hon
• tanpa ≈ TAHN-pah
• mengira ≈ muh-NGEE-rah
• pendapatan ≈ pen-dah-PAH-tan
• isi rumah ≈ EE-see ROO-mah

A few notes:

• r in Malay is usually tapped or lightly rolled.
• vowels are generally pronounced more consistently than in English.
• ai in menilai sounds like the eye in English eye.