Penyewa menamatkan sewaan hari ini.

Penyewa comes from the root sewa, which is related to renting or leasing.

It can mean:

• tenant when talking about a person renting a place
• renter in a broader sense

So in this sentence, penyewa is the person who is renting something, most likely a house, room, shop lot, or similar property.

This is a very common question because Malay often changes meaning through affixes.

• tamat = finished, end, completed
• menamatkan = to end something, to terminate something

So:

• tamat is often intransitive or descriptive
• menamatkan is transitive, meaning someone actively brings something to an end

In this sentence, the tenant is ending the rental/lease, so Malay uses menamatkan because there is a direct object: sewaan.

You can think of it roughly like this:

• tamat = to be over
• menamatkan = to end something

It is built from:

• tamat = end / finish
• meN- ... -kan = a verb-forming pattern often used for transitive actions

So:

• tamat → menamatkan

The meN- prefix changes shape depending on the first sound of the root. With tamat, it becomes mena-, giving menamatkan.

The ending -kan often adds the sense of doing something to an object or causing something to happen.

So menamatkan sewaan means to terminate the lease/rental.

Both are related, but they are not exactly the same.

• sewa can mean rent, to rent, or rental
• sewaan is a noun formed from sewa, often referring more specifically to the rental, the lease, or the rented item/property, depending on context

In this sentence, sewaan most naturally means:

• the tenancy
• the lease
• the rental arrangement

So menamatkan sewaan is something like:

• terminate the tenancy
• end the lease

This sounds a bit more formal than just sewa.

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

So:

• penyewa can mean the tenant or a tenant
• sewaan can mean the lease, a lease, the rental, etc.

The exact meaning comes from context.

In a standalone sentence like this, English often translates it as The tenant ends the lease today or The tenant is terminating the tenancy today.

The sentence follows the normal Malay order:

• Penyewa = subject
• menamatkan = verb
• sewaan = object
• hari ini = time expression

So the pattern is:

Subject + Verb + Object + Time

That is very natural in Malay.

Yes. Hari ini means today, and Malay time expressions are fairly flexible.

The most neutral version here is:

• Penyewa menamatkan sewaan hari ini.

But you could also say:

• Hari ini, penyewa menamatkan sewaan.

This puts more focus on today.

Both are grammatical. The original version is very natural and straightforward.

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

So menamatkan by itself does not tell you whether the action is:

• present
• past
• future

The time is understood from context or time words.

Here, hari ini means today, so the sentence is understood as something happening today. Depending on context, that could be translated as:

• The tenant ends the lease today
• The tenant is terminating the lease today
• sometimes even The tenant terminated the lease today, if the context is reporting what happened earlier today

Malay relies heavily on context for time.

In normal use, hari ini simply means today.

Literally:

• hari = day
• ini = this

So word-for-word it is this day, but in real usage it functions just like English today.

No. In this sentence, pada is not needed.

• Penyewa menamatkan sewaan hari ini. = natural
• Penyewa menamatkan sewaan pada hari ini. = grammatical, but more formal or emphatic

In everyday Malay, hari ini usually appears without pada.

Yes, it sounds somewhat formal or administrative, especially because of menamatkan sewaan.

It feels suitable for:

• legal language
• tenancy notices
• official statements
• written reports

In casual conversation, people might choose simpler or less formal wording depending on the situation. But this sentence is perfectly natural and correct, especially in formal contexts.

It can, in some contexts. Sewaan can refer to:

• a rental arrangement
• a rented property
• something that is rented

But in this sentence, because the verb is menamatkan (to terminate/end), the most natural interpretation is the lease/tenancy/rental agreement, not the physical object itself.

So here, sewaan is best understood as the tenancy or the lease.

Yes, you may hear or see sewa used that way, and it can be understood.

However, sewaan in this sentence sounds a bit more precise and formal for the rental/tenancy arrangement.

So the difference is roughly:

• menamatkan sewa = understandable, slightly simpler
• menamatkan sewaan = more formal, more clearly referring to the tenancy or lease

In official or careful writing, sewaan is a good choice here.