Bos suruh saya hantar laporan itu sebelum mesyuarat.

Yes. Bos is the normal Malay spelling of the English loanword boss. It is very commonly used in everyday speech and writing.

So Bos suruh saya... means The boss told/asked me...

A few notes:

• bos = boss, supervisor, employer
• In casual speech, this is completely natural
• In more formal contexts, people might also say majikan or refer to a person by role/title, but bos is very common in real life

Suruh means something like:

• tell someone to do something
• ask someone to do something
• instruct someone to do something

So in Bos suruh saya hantar laporan itu..., the structure is:

Bos + suruh + saya + hantar laporan itu
The boss + told + me + to send that report

It often carries the idea that someone in a position to do so is telling another person to perform an action.

Malay does not need a separate word like English to in this kind of structure.

In English:

• The boss told me to send the report

In Malay:

• Bos suruh saya hantar laporan itu

After suruh, the next verb can come directly:

• suruh saya datang = tell me to come
• suruh dia tunggu = tell him/her to wait
• suruh mereka balik = tell them to go home

So hantar appears directly after saya without any extra word meaning to.

This is a very common learner question. In Malay, the bare verb form often appears after verbs like suruh, mahu, boleh, akan, and similar structures.

So:

• Bos suruh saya hantar laporan itu is natural
• Bos suruh saya menghantar laporan itu is also possible in some contexts, but the bare form hantar is very common and natural here

Think of it this way:

• after suruh, Malay often uses a simpler verb form
• the meaning is still clearly send/deliver

This pattern is very common:

• Saya mahu makan = I want to eat
• Dia boleh datang = He/she can come
• Ibu suruh saya beli roti = Mother told me to buy bread

Yes—in English we say that report, but in Malay demonstratives usually come after the noun.

So:

• laporan itu = that report
• rumah itu = that house
• budak itu = that child

This is one of the most important word-order differences between English and Malay.

Compare:

• English: that report
• Malay: laporan itu

Likewise:

• this book = buku ini
• that car = kereta itu

Yes, depending on context, laporan itu can mean:

• that report
• the report (when both speaker and listener know which report is meant)

Malay does not have articles like the and a/an. Because of that, words like itu and context often help make the reference more definite.

So laporan itu usually points to a specific report already known in the conversation.

Compare:

• laporan = report / a report / the report (depending on context)
• laporan itu = that report / the specific report

Sebelum means before, and mesyuarat means meeting.

So:

• sebelum mesyuarat = before the meeting / before a meeting, depending on context

In this sentence, the natural meaning is:

• before the meeting

The phrase sets a time limit for the action:

• the boss told me to send the report before the meeting

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

So:

• mesyuarat can mean meeting, a meeting, or the meeting
• the exact meaning is understood from context

In this sentence, English usually translates it as before the meeting because that sounds most natural in context.

If Malay wants to make it more specifically that meeting, it could say:

• sebelum mesyuarat itu = before that meeting

So the original sentence is natural even without anything equivalent to the.

Yes, it is very normal.

The sentence breaks down like this:

• Bos = subject
• suruh = verb
• saya = object of suruh
• hantar laporan itu = action I was told to do
• sebelum mesyuarat = time phrase

So the overall pattern is roughly:

Subject + verb + person affected + action + time phrase

This is a very common Malay structure.

Here it means me.

Malay pronouns do not change form the way English pronouns do.

In English:

• I / me

In Malay:

• saya for both, depending on role in the sentence

Examples:

• Saya sibuk. = I am busy.
• Bos suruh saya. = The boss told me.

So in your sentence:

• Bos suruh saya hantar laporan itu = The boss told me to send that report

It is fairly neutral and very natural in everyday standard Malay.

A few parts affect the tone:

• saya is polite/neutral and suitable in many contexts
• bos is common and everyday
• suruh is natural and common, though it can sound a little less formal than more official choices like mengarahkan or meminta

So this sentence sounds like ordinary spoken or written Malay in a workplace context.

More formal alternatives might be:

• Bos meminta saya menghantar laporan itu sebelum mesyuarat.
• Bos mengarahkan saya menghantar laporan itu sebelum mesyuarat.

But the original sentence is perfectly normal.

These words can all involve getting someone to do something, but the tone is different.

• suruh = tell/order/ask someone to do something; very common and direct
• minta = ask/request; usually softer
• arah or mengarahkan = direct/order; often more formal or authoritative

Compare:

• Bos suruh saya hantar laporan itu.
  The boss told me to send the report.

• Bos minta saya hantar laporan itu.
  The boss asked me to send the report.

• Bos mengarahkan saya menghantar laporan itu.
  The boss instructed me to send the report.

So suruh is a very everyday, practical choice.

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

So suruh and hantar do not themselves tell you whether the action is past, present, or future. The time is understood from context.

This sentence could mean:

• The boss told me to send that report before the meeting
• The boss is telling me to send that report before the meeting

In real usage, context usually makes it clear.

If needed, Malay can add time words:

• semalam = yesterday
• tadi = earlier
• akan = will
• sudah / dah = already
• sedang = in progress

For example:

• Semalam bos suruh saya hantar laporan itu sebelum mesyuarat.
• Bos dah suruh saya hantar laporan itu sebelum mesyuarat.

Yes. Hantar can mean:

• send
• deliver
• take/bring someone somewhere in some contexts

The core idea is moving something or someone to a destination.

Examples:

• hantar laporan = send/deliver a report
• hantar barang = deliver goods
• hantar anak ke sekolah = take/send a child to school

In your sentence, because the object is laporan itu, the natural meaning is send or deliver the report.

Yes, if the context already makes it clear what needs to be sent.

For example:

• Bos suruh saya hantar sebelum mesyuarat.

This could mean:

• The boss told me to send it before the meeting

But without laporan itu, the sentence is less specific. Including it makes the meaning clearer:

• what am I supposed to send?
• laporan itu

So the full sentence is more complete and natural when you want to mention the report explicitly.

You could say:

• Bos saya suruh saya hantar laporan itu sebelum mesyuarat.

This means:

• My boss told me to send that report before the meeting.

Here:

• bos saya = my boss

Malay possession usually works like this:

• buku saya = my book
• kereta dia = his/her car
• bos saya = my boss

So the possessor comes after the noun.

A rough pronunciation guide for an English speaker might be:

bos soo-rooh sah-yuh hahn-tar lah-por-ahn ee-too seh-beh-lom meh-shoo-ah-rat

A few helpful points:

• suruh sounds like soo-rooh
• saya often sounds like sah-yuh in careful speech
• itu is ee-too
• mesyuarat is often the trickiest word; pronounce each part clearly: meh-shoo-ah-rat

Malay pronunciation is generally quite consistent, so once you know the letter sounds, reading gets easier.