Pemilik rumah memberi kunci pendua selepas pembaikan.

Pemilik rumah literally means owner of the house.

• pemilik = owner
• rumah = house/home

In natural English, this could be translated as homeowner, house owner, or sometimes landlord, depending on context. Malay often leaves this kind of context open unless the wider situation makes it clear.

In Malay, the head noun usually comes first, and the word that describes or narrows it comes after.

So:

• pemilik rumah = house owner / owner of a house
• literally: owner + house

This is a very common Malay pattern:

• kereta polis = police car
• bilik tidur = bedroom
• kad kredit = credit card

So pemilik rumah follows normal Malay noun order.

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

So:

• pemilik rumah can mean the homeowner, a homeowner, or the house owner
• kunci pendua can mean a duplicate key or the duplicate key

You understand which one is meant from context. This is very normal in Malay.

Memberi means to give or give/gave, depending on context.

It comes from the root beri = give.

The prefix meN- makes it an active verb:

• beri = give
• memberi = gives / gave / to give

In this sentence, memberi is the main verb: gave.

Malay verbs do not change form the way English verbs do, so memberi can refer to present or past depending on context.

Good question. In English, give often needs both:

• who gave
• what was given
• who received it

Malay can leave out the recipient if it is already known or not important.

So this sentence tells us:

• who gave: pemilik rumah
• what was given: kunci pendua

But it does not say who received it. That is acceptable in Malay if the listener can infer it from context.

If you wanted to include the recipient, you could say something like:

• Pemilik rumah memberi saya kunci pendua... = The homeowner gave me a duplicate key...
• Pemilik rumah memberi kunci pendua kepada penyewa... = The homeowner gave a duplicate key to the tenant...

Kunci pendua means duplicate key or spare key.

• kunci = key
• pendua = duplicate / copy

Here, pendua comes after the noun and functions like a modifier. In English we say duplicate key, but in Malay the modifier usually follows:

• kunci pendua = duplicate key
• literally: key duplicate

In real-life use, kunci pendua often means a spare key, even though the literal sense is duplicate key.

Selepas pembaikan means after the repair or after the repairs.

• selepas = after
• pembaikan = repair, repairing, repairs

Pembaikan comes from the root baik, which is related to being good or fixed/improved. With the circumfix peN-...-an, it becomes a noun referring to the process or result of repairing.

So:

• baik = good / better / fixed, depending on context
• membaiki = to repair
• pembaikan = repair / repair work / repairs

Because after selepas (after), Malay often uses a noun phrase to refer to an event.

So:

• selepas pembaikan = after the repair(s)
• literally: after + repair

If you used a verb, the structure would be different. The sentence as given focuses on the repair work as an event or completed process, not on the action in verbal form.

This kind of noun phrase is very common in Malay:

• selepas mesyuarat = after the meeting
• selepas latihan = after training
• selepas pembaikan = after the repair(s)

Malay usually does not mark tense directly on the verb the way English does.

So memberi can mean:

• gives
• gave
• is giving
• to give

The time is understood from context, time words, or the situation being described.

Here, English might translate it as gave because selepas pembaikan suggests a completed event, and the overall context probably describes something that already happened.

If Malay wants to make time clearer, it can add words like:

• sudah = already
• telah = already / has/have
• akan = will

For example:

• Pemilik rumah telah memberi kunci pendua... = The homeowner gave / has given a duplicate key...

It can mean either repair or repairs.

Malay nouns usually do not change form for singular and plural. So:

• pembaikan = repair / repairs

You decide from context. English often forces you to choose singular or plural, but Malay often leaves that open.

Usually pembaikan means repair, fixing, or repair work rather than a full renovation.

If the meaning were specifically renovation, Malay would more often use words like:

• pengubahsuaian = renovation / modification
• baik pulih = repair/restoration, sometimes larger-scale fixing

So pembaikan is best understood here as repair(s), not a major renovation, unless the context suggests otherwise.

Yes, it is complete and natural.

It has:

• subject: Pemilik rumah
• verb: memberi
• object: kunci pendua
• time phrase: selepas pembaikan

Malay often omits information that English might prefer to include, such as the recipient of the key or a more explicit tense marker. That does not make the sentence incomplete. It just reflects normal Malay style.