Pasukan itu berjuang untuk menang.

In Malay, demonstratives like ini and itu usually come after the noun.

So:

• pasukan itu = that team
• pasukan ini = this team

This is different from English, where this and that come before the noun.

Pasukan usually means team, unit, or group, depending on context.

Common uses include:

• a sports team
• a military unit
• an organized group of people

In this sentence, pasukan most naturally means team.

Berjuang means to fight, to struggle, or to strive.

It can be used:

• literally: fighting in battle
• figuratively: struggling for success, freedom, justice, victory, and so on

In Pasukan itu berjuang untuk menang, it means the team is fighting/striving to win.

The prefix ber- often forms an intransitive verb, meaning a verb that does not take a direct object.

So:

• juang is the root idea of struggle/fight
• berjuang = to struggle / to fight

This is a very common Malay pattern. Other examples:

• berjalan = to walk
• bercakap = to speak
• bermain = to play

You do not need to translate ber- by itself every time, but it is useful to recognize it as a common verb-forming prefix.

Untuk often means for, to, or in order to, depending on context.

In this sentence, it introduces purpose:

• berjuang untuk menang = fight/strive in order to win

So untuk menang tells us why the team is struggling.

Menang is already the normal verb meaning to win.

Malay does not always need an extra prefix where English might seem to expect one. Here:

• menang = to win
• untuk menang = to win / in order to win

There is also memenangi, but that usually means to win something or to win over something/someone, often with an object.

Compare:

• Mereka mahu menang. = They want to win.
• Mereka memenangi pertandingan itu. = They won that competition.

So in your sentence, menang is the correct and natural choice.

Malay verbs do not change form for tense the way English verbs do.

So berjuang by itself does not tell you whether the action is present, past, or future. The exact time usually comes from context.

Depending on context, this sentence could mean:

• The team fights to win
• The team is fighting to win
• The team fought to win

If Malay wants to make time clearer, it often adds time words, for example:

• sedang berjuang = is fighting
• telah berjuang = has fought / fought
• akan berjuang = will fight

Yes, very often.

Although itu literally means that, in natural Malay noun + itu can also function a lot like the + noun in English, especially when referring to something already known in context.

So pasukan itu may be understood as:

• that team
• the team

The best translation depends on context.

Yes, but it changes the feel slightly.

• Pasukan itu berjuang untuk menang = that/the team is striving to win
• Pasukan berjuang untuk menang = teams fight to win or a team is fighting to win, depending on context

Without itu, the noun is less specific. With itu, it usually sounds more definite and refers to a particular team.

Yes. It follows a very normal Malay pattern:

• Pasukan itu = subject
• berjuang = verb
• untuk menang = purpose phrase

So the structure is:

Subject + Verb + Purpose

This is straightforward and natural Malay word order.

You would replace itu with ini:

• Pasukan ini berjuang untuk menang.

So:

• ini = this
• itu = that

Both come after the noun.

Yes. Berjuang has a broad meaning.

Depending on context, it can suggest:

• fighting
• struggling
• striving
• battling
• trying hard

For a sports team, English translations like these may all work:

• The team is fighting to win.
• The team is striving to win.
• The team is battling to win.

So the exact nuance depends on the situation.

A simple pronunciation guide is:

pah-SOO-kan EE-too ber-JOO-ahng oon-TOOK muh-NAHNG

A few helpful notes:

• u is usually like oo in food
• ng in menang is like the ng in sing
• c in Malay is usually pronounced like ch, though there is no c in this sentence
• Malay pronunciation is generally quite regular compared with English

If you say each syllable clearly, you will usually be understood.