Jika bekalan elektrik terputus lagi malam ini, saya akan hidupkan lampu suluh.

Jika means if. It introduces the condition:

Jika bekalan elektrik terputus lagi malam ini
= If the electricity supply is cut off again tonight

It is a slightly more formal or neutral alternative to kalau, which also means if. In everyday speech, many speakers would naturally say kalau.

Bekalan means supply, and elektrik means electricity. So bekalan elektrik literally means electricity supply or power supply.

In this sentence, it refers to the electrical power in the house or area.

Putus on its own often means broken, cut off, or disconnected.

The form terputus uses the prefix ter-, which often shows that something happens unintentionally, accidentally, or as a resulting state. Here, terputus means something like:

• gets cut off
• is interrupted
• becomes disconnected

So bekalan elektrik terputus means the electricity supply gets cut off / the power goes out.

This sounds natural because the power outage is not something the speaker causes directly.

Not exactly in the same way as the English passive or the Malay di- passive.

Ter- often describes:

• an accidental event
• something happening unintentionally
• a state resulting from an event

So bekalan elektrik terputus is closer to the power gets cut off or the power goes out, rather than a straightforward passive like is cut by someone.

If you used a true passive with di-, it would suggest a clearer outside agent, which is less natural here.

Lagi here means again.

So:

terputus lagi malam ini
= gets cut off again tonight

It implies that this has happened before, and the speaker thinks it may happen another time tonight.

Malam ini means tonight.

In the sentence:

Jika bekalan elektrik terputus lagi malam ini...

it tells you when the power outage may happen.

Malay is fairly flexible with time expressions, so you may also hear slightly different placements in other sentences. But this position is perfectly natural.

Akan marks future meaning, similar to will in English.

So:

saya akan hidupkan lampu suluh
= I will switch on the flashlight

Malay does not always need akan for future time, because context can already make the timing clear. But using akan makes the future meaning more explicit.

Hidup by itself can mean alive or on.

The form hidupkan means to turn on, switch on, or activate something. The ending -kan often makes the verb transitive, meaning it acts on an object.

So:

• lampu itu hidup = the lamp is on
• saya hidupkan lampu itu = I turn on the lamp

In your sentence, hidupkan lampu suluh means turn on the flashlight.

Malay commonly uses lampu suluh for flashlight or torch.

Literally:

• lampu = lamp/light
• suluh = torch / to shine light

Together they form the normal expression for a handheld flashlight. English often uses one word, but Malay frequently uses noun phrases like this.

Yes. In British English, lampu suluh is usually translated as torch. In American English, it is usually flashlight.

So both are correct depending on the variety of English.

Malay often leaves that relationship understood from the if structure itself.

So:

Jika ..., saya akan ...
already clearly means
If ..., I will ...

You could add words in some contexts for extra emphasis, but they are not necessary here.

Yes. Both can mean if.

• Jika = a bit more formal or written
• Kalau = very common in conversation

So this sentence could also be:

Kalau bekalan elektrik terputus lagi malam ini, saya akan hidupkan lampu suluh.

That would sound a little more conversational.

It can suggest either, depending on context, but here it mainly sounds like a planned response to a possible situation.

The structure:

Jika X berlaku, saya akan Y
means
If X happens, I will do Y

So the speaker is saying what they intend to do if the power goes out.

Sometimes yes, especially in casual speech.

For example, people may say:

Kalau elektrik putus lagi malam ini...

However, bekalan elektrik is more precise because it clearly means the electricity supply. Using the full phrase can sound slightly clearer or more formal.

Yes, quite similar in this sentence.

Malay structure here is:

Jika + condition, saya akan + action

So:

• Jika bekalan elektrik terputus lagi malam ini = If the power goes out again tonight
• saya akan hidupkan lampu suluh = I will turn on the flashlight

This makes the sentence fairly easy for an English speaker to follow.

Yes:

Jika bekalan elektrik terputus lagi malam ini, saya hidupkan lampu suluh.

Malay often omits future markers when the time is already clear from context. Since jika and malam ini already point to a future possibility, the meaning would still be understood.

However, akan makes the sentence sound clearer and more explicit, especially for learners and in careful speech.