Rambut anak perempuan itu masih basah, jadi ibunya memberinya tisu dan sikat kecil.

Because Malay often puts the possessed thing first.

So rambut anak perempuan itu literally means the hair of that girl, but in natural English we say that girl’s hair.

The pattern is:

[thing possessed] + [owner]

Examples:

• buku Ali = Ali’s book
• rumah saya = my house
• rambut anak perempuan itu = that girl’s hair

Anak perempuan means daughter or girl child, depending on context.

• anak = child
• perempuan = female, woman, girl

So:

• anak perempuan itu can mean that girl
• in some contexts it could also mean that daughter

In this sentence, it is most naturally understood as that girl.

Itu usually means that.

In anak perempuan itu, it points to a specific girl: that girl.

Malay often places itu after the noun phrase, not before it as in English.

So:

• budak itu = that child
• rumah besar itu = that big house
• anak perempuan itu = that girl

Notice that itu comes at the end of the whole noun phrase.

Masih means still.

So:

• masih basah = still wet

It shows that the state continues at the time being described.

Common pattern:

• masih + adjective/verb

Examples:

• masih panas = still hot
• masih tidur = still sleeping
• masih basah = still wet

Here basah is an adjective meaning wet.

In Malay, adjectives can come directly after the noun or after words like masih.

So:

• rambut basah = wet hair
• rambut itu masih basah = the hair is still wet

Malay does not need a word like is in this kind of sentence.

English says:

• The hair is wet

Malay says:

• Rambut ... basah

Malay often leaves out the verb to be when describing something.

So English:

• The girl’s hair is still wet

Malay:

• Rambut anak perempuan itu masih basah

This is completely normal. Malay does not usually need a linking verb in simple adjective statements.

More examples:

• Dia sakit = He is sick
• Rumah itu besar = That house is big
• Air ini sejuk = This water is cold

Here jadi means so or therefore.

It connects the first idea to the result:

• her hair was still wet
• so her mother gave her tissues and a small comb

In other contexts, jadi can also mean become, but not here.

Examples:

• Dia jadi guru = He became a teacher
• Hujan, jadi kami tinggal di rumah = It rained, so we stayed home

Ibunya means her mother or the mother depending on context.

Breakdown:

• ibu = mother
• -nya = his, her, its, or sometimes the person already being discussed

So ibunya here means her mother, referring back to anak perempuan itu.

This is very common in Malay:

• ayahnya = his/her father
• rumahnya = his/her house
• namanya = his/her name

Memberinya means gave her or more literally gave to her.

Breakdown:

• memberi = to give
• -nya = him/her/it

So:

• ibunya memberinya tisu = her mother gave her tissues

The -nya here is the object of the verb, referring to the girl.

This is different from ibunya, where -nya shows possession.

So -nya can have different roles:

• ibunya = her mother
• memberinya = give to her / gave her

Context tells you which meaning is intended.

Beri is the root word meaning give.

Memberi is the usual active verb form, made with the prefix meN-.

So:

• beri = give, the base form
• memberi = to give / gives / gave, depending on context

Malay verbs do not change form for tense like English verbs do. The same form can cover present or past, and context tells you the time.

Examples:

• Saya memberi buku itu kepadanya = I gave / give that book to him/her
• Dia memberi saya air = He/She gave me water

Because Malay can attach the object pronoun directly as -nya.

So instead of saying something like memberi dia here, the sentence uses memberinya.

That is a very natural way to say give her or gave her.

You may also see other patterns in Malay, such as:

• memberi dia = give her/him
• memberinya = give her/him

In this sentence, memberinya is compact and smooth.

Malay noun phrases usually put the noun first and the adjective after it.

So:

• sikat kecil = small comb not small comb word-for-word, but literally comb small

And:

• tisu dan sikat kecil = tissues and a small comb

Examples:

• rumah besar = big house
• kucing hitam = black cat
• buku baru = new book

Because adjectives usually come after the noun in Malay.

So:

• sikat kecil = small comb
• baju merah = red shirt
• kereta lama = old car

This is one of the most important word-order differences from English.

It can be either, depending on context.

Malay nouns often do not mark singular and plural as clearly as English does. So tisu can mean:

• a tissue
• tissues

In this sentence, English might translate it as a tissue or some tissues, depending on the situation.

If Malay wants to make plurality clearer, it can sometimes use repetition:

• tisu-tisu = tissues

But very often that is unnecessary.

Malay usually does not mark tense directly on the verb.

So memberi can mean:

• gives
• gave
• has given

The time is understood from context.

In this sentence, English naturally uses the past:

• her mother gave her...

But the Malay sentence itself does not force a past reading through verb endings.

If needed, Malay can add time words such as:

• semalam = yesterday
• tadi = earlier
• sudah = already

By itself, yes. -nya can mean his, her, or sometimes its.

But in this sentence, the referent is anak perempuan itu, so ibunya is understood as her mother.

Malay pronouns are often less specific than English pronouns, so context is very important.

Yes, it is very natural.

The structure is:

• Rambut anak perempuan itu masih basah
  the girl’s hair still wet

• jadi ibunya memberinya tisu dan sikat kecil
  so her mother gave her tissues and a small comb

It sounds like normal written or spoken Malay, with common word order and common uses of itu, masih, jadi, and -nya.