Fakulti mana awak mahu masuk?

In Malay, question words often stay in the position where the answer would normally go. So:

• fakulti mana = which faculty
• literally: faculty which

This is very normal in Malay. So Fakulti mana awak mahu masuk? is the natural word order.

English moves which to the front, but Malay usually does not.

Here, mana means which.

In Malay, mana can be used in several ways depending on context:

• di mana = where
• yang mana = which one
• fakulti mana = which faculty

So in this sentence, mana is not where. It is specifically asking the listener to choose from a set of faculties.

You might hear something like that in casual speech, but fakulti mana is the better choice when asking someone to choose among known options.

A useful distinction is:

• apa = what
• mana = which

Since a university has a list of faculties, which faculty fits better than what faculty. So Fakulti mana awak mahu masuk? is the more natural and standard phrasing.

Awak means you.

It is common and polite in many situations, but its exact tone can vary by region and context. In general:

• awak = a fairly neutral you
• anda = more formal, often used in writing, announcements, advertising, or customer-facing language
• kamu = common, but can sound more direct and is often used to children or in certain regional styles

So awak works well in everyday spoken Malay.

Mahu means want.

Yes, you can often replace it with nak in casual speech:

• Fakulti mana awak mahu masuk?
• Fakulti mana awak nak masuk?

Both mean the same thing, but the tone is slightly different:

• mahu = a bit more standard or careful
• nak = more conversational and common in daily speech

If you are learning standard Malay, mahu is a good form to know.

Yes, masuk literally means enter, go in, or join.

In this sentence, it refers to entering or getting into a faculty, so a natural English translation is something like:

• Which faculty do you want to enter?
• Which faculty do you want to get into?
• Which faculty do you want to join?

Malay often uses masuk in situations where English might use enter, join, get into, or be admitted to.

Because Malay does not need a separate word like English to before the second verb.

In English:

• do you want to enter

In Malay:

• awak mahu masuk

This is a very common Malay pattern:

• saya mahu makan = I want to eat
• dia mahu pergi = he/she wants to go
• awak mahu masuk = you want to enter

So mahu + verb works directly.

No. Malay does not use an auxiliary like English do to form this kind of question.

English:

• Which faculty do you want to enter?

Malay:

• Fakulti mana awak mahu masuk?

The sentence becomes a question because of:

1. the question word mana
2. intonation in speech
3. the context

So there is no need for a word corresponding to English do.

Yes, absolutely. That is also natural.

Compare:

• Fakulti mana awak mahu masuk?
• Awak mahu masuk fakulti mana?

Both mean the same thing. The difference is mainly focus and rhythm:

• Fakulti mana... puts the unknown item first for emphasis
• Awak mahu masuk fakulti mana? starts more like a normal statement and puts the question element later

Both are good Malay.

Usually it refers to a major division within a university, such as:

• Faculty of Science
• Faculty of Law
• Faculty of Medicine

So in many contexts, fakulti matches English faculty very well.

However, depending on the institution, English might also use words like school, college, or department. So the exact English equivalent can depend on how that university is organized.

Usually, no. Masuk can take the destination directly in this kind of context.

So:

• masuk fakulti undang-undang = enter/join the law faculty

You may sometimes see ke with physical movement, but here it is not necessary and would usually sound less natural for the intended meaning of entering or joining a faculty.

So Fakulti mana awak mahu masuk? is the normal way to say it.

It is fairly neutral and natural.

Its tone comes from the word choices:

• fakulti = standard vocabulary
• awak = everyday and polite enough in many contexts
• mahu = standard
• masuk = very common and natural

If you wanted it to sound more formal, you might say:

• Fakulti manakah yang anda mahu masuki?

But that sounds more formal and less conversational. For ordinary spoken Malay, Fakulti mana awak mahu masuk? is very natural.

Masuki is a form of masuk with the suffix -i, and it can sound more formal or written in some contexts.

For example:

• anda mahu masuki fakulti mana?

That is grammatical, but in everyday speech, plain masuk is much more common and natural.

So:

• mahu masuk = common spoken Malay
• mahu masuki = more formal, less common in casual conversation

That is why the original sentence uses masuk.