Meter pintar menunjukkan penggunaan elektrik.

A word-by-word breakdown is:

• meter = meter, gauge, meter device
• pintar = smart, intelligent
• menunjukkan = shows, indicates
• penggunaan = use, usage, consumption
• elektrik = electricity / electric

So the sentence literally reads something like:

• smart meter shows electricity usage
• or more naturally in English: A smart meter shows electricity usage.

In Malay, adjectives usually come after the noun they describe.

So:

• meter pintar = smart meter
• not pintar meter

More examples:

• rumah besar = big house
• kereta merah = red car

This is one of the first word-order differences English speakers notice in Malay.

Malay does not normally use articles like English a/an/the.

So meter pintar can mean:

• a smart meter
• the smart meter
• smart meters in the right context

The exact meaning depends on context.

If you want to be more specific, Malay can add other words, for example:

• sebuah meter pintar = a smart meter
• meter pintar itu = that/the smart meter

But in a general statement, leaving articles out is completely normal.

Tunjuk is the root word meaning show or point out.

Menunjukkan is a derived verb formed from:

• tunjuk → root
• meN- ... -kan → a common verb-forming pattern

So menunjukkan means to show, to indicate, or to display in a more complete verb form.

In careful standard Malay, menunjukkan is the expected form here because it has a direct object:

• menunjukkan penggunaan elektrik = shows electricity usage

In casual speech, people may sometimes say tunjuk, but menunjukkan is the more standard form in writing.

Penggunaan comes from the root guna, which means use.

The pattern is:

• guna = use
• penggunaan = usage, use, consumption

This peN- ... -an pattern often creates nouns related to an action or process.

So here:

• penggunaan elektrik = electricity usage / electricity consumption

Other similar examples:

• pembangunan from bangun = development
• pendidikan from didik = education

For learners, it is useful to recognize that Malay often builds related words by adding prefixes and suffixes to a root.

Here it means electricity usage or electricity consumption.

In Malay, elektrik can refer to electricity in many everyday contexts, not just the adjective electric.

So:

• penggunaan elektrik = electricity use/consumption

Depending on context, a more explicitly formal phrase could also be:

• penggunaan tenaga elektrik = electrical energy consumption

But the original phrase is completely normal and natural.

The structure is:

• Meter pintar = subject
• menunjukkan = verb
• penggunaan elektrik = object

So it follows a very familiar pattern for English speakers:

• Subject + Verb + Object

That makes this sentence fairly straightforward:

• Meter pintar → the thing doing the action
• menunjukkan → the action
• penggunaan elektrik → what is being shown

Yes. In this sentence, menunjukkan can be understood as:

• shows
• indicates
• displays

The best English translation depends on context.

For a device like a smart meter, English might naturally say:

• A smart meter shows electricity usage
• A smart meter displays electricity consumption
• A smart meter indicates electricity usage

All are reasonable, though shows is the most direct match.

A simple learner-friendly guide:

• menunjukkan ≈ meh-noon-JOOK-kan
• penggunaan ≈ peng-goo-NAA-an

A few helpful notes:

• u is usually like oo in food
• a is usually like a in father
• Malay spelling is generally quite regular

You can also break them into syllables:

• me-nun-juk-kan
• peng-gu-na-an

Malay pronunciation is usually much more predictable than English spelling.

It is a borrowed word, ultimately from the same source as English meter.

Malay uses many loanwords, especially for technology, science, and modern devices. Meter is very common and fully normal in Malay.

So meter pintar is a standard modern expression for smart meter.

You might be understood, because bijak can also mean clever or smart, but meter pintar is the more natural collocation for smart meter.

In Malay, some adjectives fit better with certain nouns, and pintar is the usual choice in technology-related phrases such as:

• telefon pintar = smartphone
• meter pintar = smart meter

So for this sentence, pintar is the best choice.

This sentence already has a main verb: menunjukkan.

So there is no need for a separate word like is.

English:

• The smart meter shows electricity usage.

Malay:

• Meter pintar menunjukkan penggunaan elektrik.

If a Malay sentence is just noun + adjective, then Malay often has no verb to be either:

• Meter itu pintar = The meter is smart.

There is still no word exactly like English is.

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

So menunjukkan by itself can mean:

• shows
• is showing
• does show
• sometimes even showed / will show, depending on context

In this sentence, the most natural reading is a general present:

• A smart meter shows electricity usage.

If Malay wants to make time clearer, it can add time words such as:

• sekarang = now
• semalam = yesterday
• esok = tomorrow

But without those, context usually does the job.

It can often mean both, depending on context.

For utility bills, meters, and household energy, English often prefers consumption:

• electricity consumption

But usage is also a valid and very common translation.

So in practice:

• penggunaan elektrik = electricity usage
• penggunaan elektrik = electricity consumption

Both are good translations here.