Di gerai itu, saya makan mi panas dengan sos cili.

Di means at / in / on for location, so Di gerai itu means at that stall.

Malay often puts a place phrase at the beginning of the sentence to set the scene. So:

• Di gerai itu, saya makan mi panas dengan sos cili. = At that stall, I eat/ate hot noodles with chili sauce.

You could also say:

• Saya makan mi panas dengan sos cili di gerai itu.

Both are grammatical. The first version emphasizes the location a bit more.

Here, di is a separate word meaning at / in / on for location:

• di gerai = at the stall

This is different from the passive prefix di-, which is attached to a verb:

• dimakan = is eaten / was eaten

A useful rule:

• di + place → written separately
• di- + verb → written together

So:

• di gerai ✅
• dimakan ✅

Gerai usually means a stall, especially a small food stall, market stall, or roadside vendor booth.

It is not usually as large or formal as a full restaurant. Depending on context, it can suggest:

• a food stall
• a hawker stall
• a small market stand

So gerai itu means that stall.

In Malay, demonstratives such as ini (this) and itu (that) usually come after the noun.

So:

• gerai itu = that stall
• mi ini = these/this noodles
• sos cili itu = that chili sauce

This is different from English, where this/that usually comes before the noun.

It can mean either, depending on context.

Malay verbs do not usually change form for tense the way English verbs do. So makan can be interpreted as:

• eat
• am eating
• ate
• have eaten

depending on the situation.

In this sentence, if you are simply describing what happened at the stall, English may translate it as I ate.
If it is a general or habitual statement, it could be I eat.

To make time clearer, Malay often adds time words such as:

• semalam = yesterday
• sekarang = now
• selalu = usually
• sudah = already
• sedang = currently

Example:

• Di gerai itu, saya sudah makan mi panas dengan sos cili. = At that stall, I already ate / have eaten hot noodles with chili sauce.

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

So:

• gerai can mean a stall or the stall
• mi panas can mean hot noodles
• sos cili can mean chili sauce

Specificity often comes from context, word order, or words like:

• ini = this
• itu = that

So gerai itu is clearly that stall, but mi panas does not need an article.

In Malay, adjectives usually come after the noun.

So:

• mi panas = hot noodles
• air sejuk = cold water
• rumah besar = big house

This is the normal word order in Malay.

So mi panas follows the common pattern:

• noun + adjective

Yes, mi is the standard Malay spelling.

You may also see mee, especially in informal writing, shop signs, or in contexts influenced by other languages and local usage. But in standard Malay:

• mi = standard spelling

So in a learning or formal context, mi panas is the safer form to use.

Here, dengan means with.

So:

• dengan sos cili = with chili sauce

In Malay, dengan is a very common word and can have several uses, including:

• with something
• together with
• sometimes using / by means of

In this sentence, it simply shows accompaniment: the noodles are eaten with chili sauce.

In this sentence, it most naturally means the noodles were eaten with chili sauce as an accompaniment or condiment.

Malay dengan covers a broad range that English separates into several ideas. Context usually makes the meaning clear.

Here, the most natural understanding is:

• I ate hot noodles, together with / served with chili sauce
• or I ate hot noodles using chili sauce as a condiment

It does not sound strange in Malay.

Yes, literally the order is sauce chili, but in natural English it becomes chili sauce.

Malay often puts the main noun first and the describing noun after it:

• sos cili = chili sauce
• jus oren = orange juice
• kedai buku = bookshop / book store

So the pattern is often:

• main noun + describing noun

The comma separates the opening location phrase from the main clause:

• Di gerai itu, = At that stall,
• saya makan mi panas dengan sos cili. = I eat/ate hot noodles with chili sauce.

This comma is helpful because the sentence begins with a fronted phrase. It is similar to English:

• At that stall, I ate hot noodles with chili sauce.

In informal Malay writing, people may sometimes omit the comma, but using it here is clear and natural.

Yes, it is grammatical and natural.

It clearly means that the speaker ate hot noodles with chili sauce at that stall. A few equally natural alternatives are:

• Saya makan mi panas dengan sos cili di gerai itu.
• Di gerai itu, saya makan mi dengan sos cili.
• Di gerai itu, saya makan semangkuk mi panas dengan sos cili.
  if you want to say a bowl of hot noodles

So the original sentence is perfectly fine for learners to study.