Mesyuarat sudah berakhir.

Malay does not usually use articles like the or a/an. So mesyuarat can mean meeting, a meeting, or the meeting, depending on context.

If you want to make it more specific, you can add something like:

• mesyuarat itu = that/the meeting
• satu mesyuarat = a meeting

So Mesyuarat sudah berakhir is completely normal even without a word for the.

Sudah often means already, and it can also mark that something has been completed or has happened.

In Mesyuarat sudah berakhir, sudah shows that the ending of the meeting has already happened. English often uses has plus a past participle, but Malay does not need a verb like has here.

So sudah is giving the idea of completion:

• Mesyuarat berakhir = The meeting ends / ended / has ended, depending on context
• Mesyuarat sudah berakhir = The meeting has already ended / The meeting is over already

Yes, you can. Mesyuarat berakhir is grammatical.

However, removing sudah changes the feel a little:

• Mesyuarat berakhir can sound more neutral, general, or dependent on context
• Mesyuarat sudah berakhir clearly emphasizes that the meeting is finished already

So sudah is not always required, but it is useful when you want to stress completion.

Berakhir means to end or to come to an end.

It comes from the root akhir, which is related to end or final. The prefix ber- often forms verbs in Malay. In this case, berakhir functions as an intransitive verb, meaning something ends by itself rather than acting on an object.

For example:

• Mesyuarat berakhir = The meeting ended
• Majlis berakhir pada pukul 5 = The event ended at 5 o'clock

So here, berakhir describes the state or action of the meeting reaching its end.

The basic order here is:

subject + aspect marker + verb

So:

• Mesyuarat = subject
• sudah = already / completed aspect
• berakhir = end

This is very typical in Malay. English learners sometimes expect something like has ended, but Malay does not build it the same way. Instead of a helping verb like has, Malay often uses particles such as sudah, telah, or akan before the main verb.

Yes, definitely.

Both are correct:

• Mesyuarat sudah berakhir
• Mesyuarat telah berakhir

The difference is mostly in tone and register:

• sudah is very common and natural in everyday speech and writing
• telah is often a bit more formal or written

So if you are speaking casually, sudah is very natural. In formal announcements or writing, telah may be preferred.

A very common casual version would be:

• Mesyuarat dah habis

Here:

• dah is the spoken short form of sudah
• habis can mean finished or done

This sounds more conversational than Mesyuarat sudah berakhir, which is still natural but slightly more formal or neutral.

So you might think of them like this:

• Mesyuarat sudah berakhir = neutral / standard
• Mesyuarat dah habis = casual speech

The most natural negative idea is usually:

• Mesyuarat belum berakhir = The meeting has not ended yet

This is important because belum means not yet, which fits very well with actions that are still unfinished.

You would not normally use tidak in the same way here if you mean has not ended yet. For this kind of situation, belum is usually the better choice.

Compare:

• Mesyuarat sudah berakhir = The meeting has already ended
• Mesyuarat belum berakhir = The meeting has not ended yet

You can ask:

• Mesyuarat sudah berakhir? = Has the meeting ended already?
• Adakah mesyuarat sudah berakhir? = Has the meeting ended already?

In informal speech, Malay often uses statement word order with question intonation. In more formal Malay, adakah can be added at the beginning.

So both are possible, but the first is more common in everyday conversation.

A simple pronunciation guide is:

• mesyuarat ≈ meh-shoo-ah-rat
• sudah ≈ soo-dah
• berakhir ≈ ber-ah-kheer

A few useful notes:

• sy in mesyuarat sounds like sh
• kh in berakhir is a rough sound, a bit like the ch in some pronunciations of German Bach or Arabic kh
• stress in Malay is usually not as strong or dramatic as in English

If saying kh is difficult at first, many learners pronounce it more softly, and people will usually still understand you.

Mesyuarat sudah berakhir is generally neutral to slightly formal. It sounds perfectly normal in standard Malay.

It would fit in situations like:

• workplace conversation
• announcements
• written reports
• everyday standard speech

If you want something more formal, Mesyuarat telah berakhir works well. If you want something more casual, Mesyuarat dah habis is very common.