Tumit saya gatal selepas saya berjalan jauh dengan kasut baru.

In Malay, possessors usually come after the noun.

So:

• tumit saya = my heel
• kasut saya = my shoes
• rumah saya = my house

This is different from English, where my comes before the noun.

So tumit saya literally follows the Malay pattern heel my.

Tumit means heel.

In this sentence, it can naturally be understood as my heel or sometimes more generally the heel area of my foot/feet, depending on context. Malay often does not mark singular and plural unless it needs to.

If you really wanted to make both heels explicit, you could say:

• kedua-dua tumit saya = both my heels

But in normal speech, tumit saya is often enough.

Malay usually does not need a verb like is/are in simple descriptive sentences.

So:

• Tumit saya gatal = My heel is itchy
• Dia penat = He/She is tired
• Rumah itu besar = That house is big

This is very normal in Malay. The adjective can directly describe the noun without a separate to be verb.

Here, gatal means itchy.

So:

• Tumit saya gatal = My heel is itchy

In natural English, you might also translate it as My heel is itching, but the Malay word itself is simply gatal.

Be aware that gatal can also have other meanings in different contexts, including figurative ones, but in this sentence it clearly means itchy.

Yes. Selepas means after, usually in a time sense.

So:

• selepas saya berjalan jauh = after I walked far / after I walked a long distance

It introduces the event that happened earlier.

Other similar words include:

• lepas = often also after, especially in everyday speech
• sesudah = after, a bit more formal
• setelah = after, also common in writing and speech

In this sentence, selepas is perfectly natural.

It is repeated because saya is the subject of the second clause:

• Tumit saya gatal = My heel is itchy
• selepas saya berjalan jauh... = after I walked far...

Malay can sometimes omit subjects when they are obvious from context, especially in casual speech, but including saya here is clear and natural.

You may also hear:

• Tumit saya gatal selepas berjalan jauh dengan kasut baru.

That is also understandable, because the subject I is already clear from context.

Berjalan means to walk.

Jauh means far.
So:

• berjalan jauh = walk far
• more naturally in English: walk a long distance

Malay often uses an adjective/adverb-like word such as jauh after the verb.

So this part means the speaker walked a considerable distance, not just walked in general.

The prefix ber- often forms intransitive verbs, especially actions done by the subject.

Here:

• jalan = road / way / walk depending on use
• berjalan = to walk

A few similar examples:

• berlari = to run
• bercakap = to speak
• bermain = to play

So berjalan is the normal dictionary-style verb for walk in this sentence.

Here dengan means something like with or while wearing.

So:

• dengan kasut baru = with new shoes / wearing new shoes

In context, it means the itchy heel happened after walking far in new shoes.

Malay dengan is quite flexible. It can mean:

• with someone/something
• using
• together with
• sometimes a manner or accompanying condition

In this sentence, wearing new shoes is the most natural interpretation.

In Malay, adjectives usually come after the noun.

So:

• kasut baru = new shoes
• rumah besar = big house
• buku menarik = interesting book

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

So kasut baru literally follows the Malay order shoes new.

Malay nouns often do not change form for singular or plural.

So kasut can mean:

• shoe
• shoes

The exact meaning depends on context.

In this sentence, English naturally prefers new shoes, but Malay does not need a special plural ending. If you wanted to make plurality clearer, you could say:

• kasut-kasut baru = new shoes

However, this would usually sound unnecessary here. Plain kasut baru is the normal choice.

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

So berjalan does not itself mean specifically walk, walked, or will walk. The time is understood from context.

In this sentence, selepas already suggests that the walking happened earlier than the itchy heel, so English often translates it in the past:

• My heel became itchy after I walked a long distance with new shoes.

Malay relies heavily on context and time words rather than verb conjugation.

Yes. The original sentence is understandable and grammatical, but a speaker might also say things like:

• Tumit saya terasa gatal selepas saya berjalan jauh dengan kasut baru.
• Tumit saya menjadi gatal selepas berjalan jauh dengan kasut baru.

These can sound a little more explicit because:

• terasa gatal = felt itchy
• menjadi gatal = became itchy

But Tumit saya gatal selepas saya berjalan jauh dengan kasut baru is still a perfectly good sentence for a learner to study.