Jadwal tim kami fleksibel sehingga koordinasi lebih mudah.

Our team schedule is flexible so coordination is easier.

Breakdown of Jadwal tim kami fleksibel sehingga koordinasi lebih mudah.

• adalah: to be
• mudah: easy
• lebih: more
• kami: our
• sehingga: so that
• jadwal tim: the team schedule
• fleksibel: flexible
• koordinasi: the coordination

Questions & Answers about Jadwal tim kami fleksibel sehingga koordinasi lebih mudah.

In this sentence, what does kami mean, and could we use kita instead?

Kami means “we/us” excluding the listener. Use kita when the listener is included.

• You’re talking to someone outside the team: Jadwal tim kami fleksibel.
• You’re talking to a teammate: Jadwal tim kita fleksibel.

Why is there no “is/are” (copula) in Jadwal tim kami fleksibel? Should it be adalah?

Indonesian doesn’t use a copula with adjectives. You say X [is] ADJ simply as X ADJ. Adalah is mainly used before nouns, not adjectives.

• Natural: Jadwal tim kami fleksibel.
• With a noun: Jadwal tim kami adalah hal yang fleksibel. (more formal/explanatory)

How does possession work in jadwal tim kami?

Possession follows the noun. The structure is Head Noun + Possessor:

• jadwal [tim kami] = the schedule of our team
• More examples: rencana proyek saya (my project plan), kantor mereka (their office)

What does sehingga do here, and how is it different from jadi, karena, agar/supaya?

• sehingga = “so/thereby,” marks a result: cause → result in the same sentence.
• jadi = “so,” also result, but more conversational and can start a new sentence.
• karena = “because,” introduces the cause.
• agar/supaya = “so that/in order that,” introduces purpose/intention. Examples:
• Jadwal tim kami fleksibel, sehingga koordinasi lebih mudah. (result)
• Koordinasi lebih mudah karena jadwal tim kami fleksibel. (cause)
• Kami membuat jadwal fleksibel agar koordinasi lebih mudah. (purpose)

Why lebih mudah and not just mudah?

Lebih marks a comparative (“more/easier”). Without an explicit comparator, it still means “easier (than before/than usual/than otherwise).”

• Plain: koordinasi mudah = coordination is easy.
• Comparative: koordinasi lebih mudah = coordination is easier (implicitly than some baseline).
• With an explicit comparator: … lebih mudah daripada dulu.

Is koordinasi a noun or a verb? How would I say “to coordinate”?

Koordinasi is a noun (“coordination”). For verbs:

• berkoordinasi (dengan …) = to coordinate (intransitive): Kami berkoordinasi dengan klien.
• mengkoordinasikan/mengoordinasikan = to coordinate something (transitive): Ia mengoordinasikan acara itu.

Can I change the clause order?

Yes, all are natural with slight stylistic differences:

• Jadwal tim kami fleksibel, sehingga koordinasi lebih mudah.
• Koordinasi lebih mudah karena jadwal tim kami fleksibel.
• Karena jadwal tim kami fleksibel, koordinasi lebih mudah.
• Conversational: Jadwal tim kami fleksibel, jadi koordinasi lebih mudah.

Do I need a comma before sehingga?

It’s common (and clearer) to put a comma before sehingga because it links two clauses. Without a comma is still acceptable:

• Preferred in writing: …, sehingga …

How do you pronounce tricky parts like sehingga and koordinasi?

• sehingga: suh-HING-gah (ng = [ŋ], g is always hard as in “go”)
• koordinasi: koh-or-dee-NAH-see
• jadwal: JAD-wal
• fleksibel: flek-SEE-bel
• tim: teem

Is there any tense marking here?

Indonesian doesn’t inflect for tense. Time is inferred from context or marked with particles:

• Past: sudah/tadi — Koordinasi sudah lebih mudah.
• Progressive: sedang — Koordinasi sedang lebih mudah sekarang (rare; usually context suffices).
• Future: akan — Koordinasi akan lebih mudah.

Do we need yang before fleksibel (e.g., jadwal yang fleksibel)?

Not in this predicative sentence. Yang is used to introduce a relative clause or to specify/limit a noun:

• Predicate (no yang): Jadwal tim kami fleksibel.
• Attributive: jadwal yang fleksibel = a schedule that is flexible.
• Causal variant: Jadwal tim kami yang fleksibel membuat koordinasi lebih mudah.

Is fleksibel the best word here? Any alternatives?

Fleksibel is standard for schedules, policies, and rules. Alternatives:

• luwes (more about being adaptable/amenable, often social/style)
• lentur (physically flexible/pliable)
• Colloquial: bisa diatur (“can be arranged”) For a schedule, stick with fleksibel.