Akaun pengguna itu mempunyai bil elektrik.

That user account has an electricity bill.

Breakdown of Akaun pengguna itu mempunyai bil elektrik.

• itu: that
• mempunyai: to have
• bil elektrik: an electricity bill
• akaun pengguna: a user account

Questions & Answers about Akaun pengguna itu mempunyai bil elektrik.

Why is akaun pengguna in that order? Does it literally mean account user?

Yes, Malay often puts the main noun first and the describing noun after it.

So:

• akaun = account
• pengguna = user

Together, akaun pengguna means user account.

This is very common in Malay. English often uses the opposite order:

• user account in English
• akaun pengguna in Malay

You can think of it as account of the user or user-related account.

What does itu mean here?

Itu usually means that, but in many sentences it also works like the, especially when referring to something already known or specific.

So akaun pengguna itu can mean:

• that user account
• or sometimes simply the user account

Malay does not have a direct equivalent of English the and a/an, so words like itu and ini often help show whether something is specific.

• ini = this
• itu = that

Also note the position: itu comes after the noun phrase:

• akaun pengguna itu = that user account

not before it, as in English.

Why is mempunyai used instead of ada?