Simpan aluminium ringan itu.

Yes. Simpan is the verb, and here it is being used as an imperative, so the sentence is a command.

Malay often makes commands with the bare verb:

• Simpan = Keep / Store / Put away

The subject you is usually omitted because it is understood from context.

So structurally, this is like:

• [You] keep/store that light aluminium.

If you want to make it sound softer or more polite, Malay often adds words like:

• Tolong simpan aluminium ringan itu. = Please keep/store that light aluminium.
• Simpanlah aluminium ringan itu. = a softer command

Simpan has a range of meanings, including:

• keep
• store
• put away
• save

The best English translation depends on context.

For example:

• If you are putting something in a safe place, store or put away may fit.
• If you mean not to throw it away, keep may fit.
• In some contexts, save is possible too.

So simpan is a very common, flexible Malay verb.

Because in Malay, adjectives usually come after the noun they describe.

So:

• aluminium ringan = light aluminium

This is a very common pattern:

• rumah besar = big house
• kereta merah = red car
• buku baru = new book

So aluminium ringan follows normal Malay word order:

• noun + adjective

In Malay, demonstratives like ini (this) and itu (that) usually come after the whole noun phrase, not before the noun as in English.

So:

• aluminium ringan itu = that light aluminium

The pattern is often:

• noun + adjective + itu/ini

Compare:

• rumah besar itu = that big house
• kereta merah ini = this red car

So itu is at the end because it points to the entire phrase aluminium ringan.

It primarily means that, but in real Malay it can also make a noun phrase feel more definite, a bit like English the, depending on context.

So aluminium ringan itu most literally is:

• that light aluminium

But in some contexts, English may translate it more naturally as:

• the light aluminium

Malay does not have articles like a, an, and the, so words like itu often help show definiteness.

Here ringan means light in weight.

It does not usually mean:

• light in color
• bright
• light from a lamp

Malay uses other words for those meanings, for example:

• cerah = bright / light-colored
• terang = bright / well-lit

So in this sentence, ringan describes physical weight.

This is a very useful distinction.

• aluminium ringan itu = that light aluminium

  • This is a noun phrase
  • ringan directly describes aluminium

• aluminium itu ringan = that aluminium is light

  • This is a full statement
  • itu follows aluminium, and ringan becomes the predicate

So word order changes the structure and meaning.

This contrast is important:

• noun + adjective + itu = that adjective noun
• noun + itu + adjective = that noun is adjective

Because Malay does not have articles like English a, an, and the.

Malay often leaves definiteness to context, or uses words like ini and itu to help show it.

So English needs articles, but Malay usually does not:

• buku can mean a book, the book, or just book, depending on context
• buku itu = that book / sometimes naturally the book

That is why the sentence can work without a separate word for the.

A rough pronunciation for an English speaker is:

• Simpan ≈ SEEM-pahn
• aluminium ≈ ah-loo-MEE-nee-um
• ringan ≈ REE-ngan
• itu ≈ EE-too

A few helpful notes:

• ng in ringan is like the ng in sing
• Malay vowels are usually pronounced more clearly and consistently than English vowels
• Stress is generally much less strong than in English

So the whole sentence is approximately:

• SEEM-pahn ah-loo-MEE-nee-um REE-ngan EE-too

Malay normally uses aluminium, which matches British English spelling rather than American English aluminum.

So if you are a native speaker of American English, the Malay spelling may look slightly unusual at first, but it is completely normal in Malay.

It is a borrowed word, and Malay keeps the -ium form:

• aluminium

That is the standard form you should expect to see in Malay.