Bangunan ini baru.

In Malay, adjectives usually come after the noun they describe.

• bangunan baru = new building
• literally: building new

So Bangunan ini baru follows normal Malay word order:

• bangunan ini = this building
• baru = new

Malay often leaves out the verb to be when linking a subject to an adjective or noun.

So:

• Bangunan ini baru literally looks like This building new
• but it naturally means This building is new

This is completely normal in Malay.

In Malay, demonstratives like ini (this) and itu (that) usually come after the noun.

So:

• bangunan ini = this building
• bangunan itu = that building

This is different from English, where this comes before the noun.

Malay nouns usually do not have articles like a, an, or the.

So bangunan can mean:

• building
• a building
• the building

The exact meaning depends on context. In bangunan ini, the word ini makes it specific, so it means this building.

Yes. Baru can also mean just, only just, or recently, depending on context.

For example:

• Saya baru sampai = I just arrived

But in Bangunan ini baru, baru clearly means new, because it is describing bangunan.

Not exactly.

• Bangunan ini baru = This building is new
• Ini bangunan baru = This is a new building

The difference is what the sentence is focusing on:

1. Bangunan ini baru

   • topic: this building
   • comment: is new

2. Ini bangunan baru

   • topic: this
   • comment: is a new building

Both are natural, but they are structured differently.

You can use tidak before the adjective:

• Bangunan ini tidak baru = This building is not new

Use tidak to negate adjectives and verbs.

In informal Malay, you can often just use rising intonation:

• Bangunan ini baru? = Is this building new?

A more formal way is to use adakah:

• Adakah bangunan ini baru?

Both are correct, but the version without adakah is very common in everyday speech.

Here it is understood as singular because of the meaning and context: this building.

Malay nouns do not usually change form for plural in the same way English nouns do. Often, context shows whether something is singular or plural.

If you really want to make it explicitly plural, Malay can use reduplication:

• bangunan-bangunan = buildings

But in this sentence, bangunan ini is naturally understood as this building.

Yes, baharu also means new, but baru is much more common in everyday usage.

• baru = common, everyday word
• baharu = more formal or standard in some contexts

So Bangunan ini baru is the normal, natural sentence most learners will hear.

No. In this sentence, you do not need one.

Malay sometimes uses classifiers in certain situations, especially with numbers, but not here.

So:

• Bangunan ini baru is complete and correct as it is.

A simple pronunciation guide is:

• bangunan ≈ bahng-OO-nan
• ini ≈ ee-NEE
• baru ≈ bah-ROO

A few helpful notes:

• ng in bangunan is like the sound in sing
• Malay pronunciation is usually quite regular
• each vowel is normally pronounced clearly

So the whole sentence sounds roughly like:

bahng-OO-nan ee-NEE bah-ROO