Saya lebih suka tinggal di komplek yang tenang, meskipun kadang ada anak-anak bermain sampai malam.

Suka means to like, while lebih suka means to prefer or to like more.

• Saya suka tinggal di sini. = I like living here.
• Saya lebih suka tinggal di sini. = I prefer living here.

So in this sentence, lebih suka tinggal... means prefer to live...

In Indonesian, tinggal can mean both stay and live, depending on context.

Here, because the sentence is about the kind of place someone prefers, tinggal means live / reside.

• Saya tinggal di Jakarta. = I live in Jakarta.
• Saya tinggal di hotel dua malam. = I stayed at a hotel for two nights.

So in this sentence, tinggal di komplek yang tenang means live in a quiet housing complex / neighborhood.

Yes. Komplek is a very common informal spelling/pronunciation of kompleks.

In everyday Indonesian, komplek usually refers to a residential complex, housing estate, or sometimes a neighborhood development.

So:

• komplek = common spoken/informal form
• kompleks = more standard/formal spelling

A learner should recognize both.

Di here is a preposition meaning in, at, or on, depending on context.

• tinggal di komplek = live in a housing complex / neighborhood

This is different from the prefix di- used for passive verbs.

Compare:

• di rumah = at home (di as a preposition)
• dibuka = opened (di- as a verb prefix)

A useful clue: when di is a preposition, it is written separately.

Yang connects a noun to a description, much like that, which, or sometimes nothing at all in natural English.

• komplek yang tenang = a quiet complex / a complex that is quiet

So yang tenang describes komplek.

This is a very common Indonesian pattern:

• rumah yang besar = a big house / a house that is big
• orang yang baik = a kind person / a person who is kind

Yes, tenang often means calm, peaceful, or quiet, depending on context.

In this sentence, komplek yang tenang suggests a place that is:

• peaceful
• not too noisy
• calm to live in

So it is broader than just silent. It gives the feeling of a peaceful residential area.

Meskipun means although, even though, or though.

Yes, in many cases it can be replaced with walaupun with little or no change in meaning.

• Meskipun kadang ada anak-anak bermain sampai malam...
• Walaupun kadang ada anak-anak bermain sampai malam...

Both mean although/even though sometimes children play until late at night.

Meskipun can sound slightly more formal, but both are very common.

Both kadang and kadang-kadang mean sometimes.

• kadang = shorter, very common in speech and writing
• kadang-kadang = also common, sometimes feels a bit fuller or more emphatic

In this sentence, kadang is perfectly natural:

• meskipun kadang ada... = although sometimes there are...

So there is no major difference in meaning here.

Reduplication often marks plurality or a general plural idea in Indonesian.

• anak = child
• anak-anak = children

So ada anak-anak bermain means there are children playing.

Using anak by itself could mean a child, child, or sometimes children in a general sense depending on context, but anak-anak makes the plural meaning clearer.

Here ada means there is/there are or to exist / be present.

So:

• ada anak-anak bermain = there are children playing

This is a very natural Indonesian structure:

• ada
  • noun + verb phrase

Examples:

• Ada orang menunggu di luar. = There is someone waiting outside.
• Ada kucing tidur di kursi. = There is a cat sleeping on the chair.

In this sentence, bermain describes what the children are doing.

Indonesian often does not need an equivalent of who are in this kind of structure.

English:

• there are children who are playing
• there are children playing

Indonesian:

• ada anak-anak bermain

This is normal and natural. Indonesian often leaves out linking words that English requires.

If you added yang, the structure would change slightly:

• ada anak-anak yang bermain... = there are children who are playing...

That is also possible, but the original sentence without yang sounds natural and smooth.

Sampai means until, up to, or as far as depending on context.

Here:

• bermain sampai malam = play until night / play until late

In natural English, this often becomes:

• play until late at night
• play into the night

So sampai malam gives the idea that the playing continues quite late.

Yes, the comma helps separate the main idea from the contrasting clause.

Main idea:

• Saya lebih suka tinggal di komplek yang tenang
  = I prefer living in a quiet housing complex

Contrasting clause:

• meskipun kadang ada anak-anak bermain sampai malam
  = although sometimes children play until late at night

The comma works much like in English before although/even though clauses, especially when the sentence is a bit long. In informal writing, punctuation may vary, but the comma here is very natural.

Yes. The sentence is already natural, but there are small variations depending on style.

Some alternatives:

• Saya lebih suka tinggal di kompleks yang tenang, meskipun kadang ada anak-anak bermain sampai malam.
  More standard spelling with kompleks.

• Saya lebih suka tinggal di perumahan yang tenang...
  Uses perumahan, which can mean a housing area/estate.

• Saya lebih suka tinggal di lingkungan yang tenang...
  Uses lingkungan, which is broader: neighborhood/environment.

So the original sentence is natural, but word choice can shift the tone slightly.