Kanvas, pancang dan tongkat pendaki berada di dalam khemah.

Yes. Malay could also say Kanvas, pancang dan tongkat pendaki ada di dalam khemah.

The difference is mostly tone and style:

• ada often means there is/are or to be present
• berada means to be located / to be situated

So berada sounds a bit more formal or explicit about location. In everyday speech, ada is very common, but berada is perfectly natural in written or careful language.

di dalam means inside / in the interior of.

The two parts are:

• di = a preposition meaning at / in / on
• dalam = inside / interior

Together, di dalam khemah means inside the tent.

Malay often uses combinations like this to be more specific about location. Compare:

• di khemah = at/in the tent
• di dalam khemah = inside the tent

So di dalam gives a clearer sense of being physically inside.

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

So khemah can mean:

• a tent
• the tent

The exact meaning depends on context.

If Malay wants to be more specific, it can use other words, for example:

• khemah itu = that/the tent
• khemah ini = this/the tent

So in this sentence, khemah is understood from context without needing an article.

Malay nouns usually do not change form for plural.

So:

• pancang can mean stake or stakes
• tongkat can mean stick or sticks
• pendaki can mean climber or climbers

Number is usually understood from context. In this sentence, the list itself already makes it clear that multiple items are being talked about.

Malay can mark plural by reduplication, for example:

• pancang-pancang
• tongkat-tongkat

But this is often unnecessary when the meaning is already obvious.

This is a noun phrase where pendaki modifies tongkat.

Most likely meanings are:

• hiking stick / climbing stick
• a stick used by climbers
• possibly the climber’s stick, depending on context

In Malay, noun + noun combinations are common, and the relationship is often left for context to clarify.

Here, because the sentence lists camping or climbing equipment, tongkat pendaki is most naturally understood as walking sticks/hiking poles used by climbers or hikers, rather than a single stick owned by one climber.

pendaki means climber.

It comes from the root daki, which relates to climbing, with the prefix peN- forming a person who does the action.

So:

• mendaki = to climb
• pendaki = climber

In this sentence, pendaki is functioning like a modifier for tongkat.

pancang can mean stake, peg, or post, depending on context.

In a camping sentence like this, pancang most likely means tent pegs/stakes.

So a learner should understand it as one of the pieces of camping equipment, not just any random post.

kanvas is the Malay form of canvas.

Depending on context, it can mean:

• canvas material
• a canvas sheet
• tent canvas
• a tarpaulin-like item

In this sentence, it probably refers to a piece of camping material or canvas equipment associated with the tent.

Malay often leaves this kind of noun slightly general unless more detail is added.

Because Malay verbs do not agree with the subject in number or person.

That means the verb stays the same whether the subject is:

• singular
• plural
• first person
• third person

So berada works for all of these. Malay does not have verb forms like English is vs are.

That is why Kanvas, pancang dan tongkat pendaki berada... is grammatically fine without any plural verb marking.

Yes. The sentence follows a very normal Malay pattern:

• subject: Kanvas, pancang dan tongkat pendaki
• predicate/location: berada di dalam khemah

So the structure is basically:

[things] + [are located] + [place]

This is a very common and straightforward Malay sentence pattern.

Yes. Some natural alternatives are:

• Kanvas, pancang dan tongkat pendaki ada di dalam khemah.
• Kanvas, pancang dan tongkat pendaki dalam khemah.
  This is shorter and more conversational, though less formal.
• Di dalam khemah ada kanvas, pancang dan tongkat pendaki.
  This shifts the focus to the location first: Inside the tent, there are...

So the original sentence is correct, but it is not the only possible way to express the idea.

Because Malay list punctuation works much like English.

So:

• kanvas, pancang dan tongkat pendaki

means:

• canvas, stakes, and climbing sticks

The commas separate items, and dan means and before the last item. This is the normal way to write a list in Malay.