Yuran penyelenggaraan tidak berubah kecuali jika majoriti bersetuju.

In Malay, tidak is used to negate verbs and adjectives, while bukan is mainly used to negate nouns or to correct identification.

Here, berubah means to change / changes, which is a verb, so tidak berubah is correct.

• tidak berubah = does not change / remains unchanged
• bukan berubah = not natural in this sentence

A quick rule:

• tidak + verb/adjective
• bukan + noun phrase

Examples:

• Dia tidak datang. = He did not come.
• Itu bukan rumah saya. = That is not my house.

Yuran means fee or charge, especially a regular or official one.

Penyelenggaraan means maintenance.

So yuran penyelenggaraan means maintenance fee.

This is a noun phrase where:

• yuran = fee
• penyelenggaraan = maintenance

Malay often places the main noun first and the describing noun after it, so:

• yuran penyelenggaraan literally = fee maintenance
• natural English = maintenance fee

Penyelenggaraan is a derived noun formed from the root selenggara, which relates to maintaining or servicing something.

The pattern is roughly:

• root: selenggara
• noun form: penyelenggaraan

This peN- ... -an pattern often creates a noun meaning:

• the act of doing something
• the process
• the field or function

So:

• selenggara = maintain
• penyelenggaraan = maintenance

This kind of word formation is very common in formal Malay.

Other examples:

• pembangunan = development
• pendidikan = education
• penggunaan = usage / use

Malay does not usually use articles like the or a/an.

So yuran penyelenggaraan can mean:

• the maintenance fee
• a maintenance fee
• maintenance fees in some contexts

The exact meaning depends on context.

In this sentence, English naturally translates it as the maintenance fee because it sounds like a specific known fee.

If Malay speakers want to make it more specific, they may use context or extra words, for example:

• yuran penyelenggaraan itu = that/the maintenance fee
• yuran penyelenggaraan ini = this maintenance fee

Berubah means to change or to become different, and in many contexts it works like to change by itself or to undergo change.

So tidak berubah means:

• does not change
• remains unchanged

This is different from diubah, which is a passive form meaning:

• is changed
• is being changed by someone

Compare:

• Yuran penyelenggaraan tidak berubah. = The maintenance fee does not change / remains unchanged.
• Yuran penyelenggaraan tidak diubah. = The maintenance fee is not changed.

The first focuses on the state staying the same. The second focuses more on an action not being done by someone.

In this sentence, berubah sounds more natural because the idea is about the fee staying unchanged unless a condition is met.

Yes, kecuali jika is a very natural way to express unless.

Breakdown:

• kecuali = except / unless
• jika = if

Together, kecuali jika literally means something like except if, which matches English unless very well.

So:

• Yuran penyelenggaraan tidak berubah kecuali jika majoriti bersetuju.
• = The maintenance fee does not change unless the majority agrees.

You may also see:

• kecuali apabila
• melainkan jika

But kecuali jika is common and clear.

Sometimes yes, but kecuali jika is clearer when a full condition follows.

Here, the clause after it is:

• majoriti bersetuju = the majority agrees

So kecuali jika makes the conditional meaning very explicit.

You may hear or read:

• Yuran penyelenggaraan tidak berubah kecuali majoriti bersetuju.

This can be understood, but kecuali jika sounds more complete and natural in formal writing.

So for learners, it is safest to think:

• kecuali jika + clause = unless + clause

Malay often leaves out information that is understood from context.

Majoriti simply means majority. In a real-life context, it might mean:

• the majority of residents
• the majority of owners
• the majority of committee members
• the majority of voters

The sentence assumes the listener already knows the majority of whom.

If you want to be more explicit, you could say:

• majoriti pemilik bersetuju = the majority of owners agree
• majoriti penduduk bersetuju = the majority of residents agree

So using just majoriti is normal when the group is already clear.

Both relate to agree, but bersetuju is the more standard full verb form in formal Malay.

• setuju can function as agree / agreeable / in agreement, often in spoken language
• bersetuju is the clearer verbal form meaning to agree

So in this sentence:

• majoriti bersetuju = the majority agrees

This is very natural and standard.

Compare:

• Saya setuju. = I agree.
• Saya bersetuju. = I agree.
  Both are fine, but bersetuju often sounds a bit more formal or complete.

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

So berubah and bersetuju do not themselves show present or future tense.

The sentence can mean:

• The maintenance fee does not change unless the majority agrees.
• The maintenance fee will not change unless the majority agrees.

The exact tense comes from context.

This kind of sentence often expresses a general rule or policy, so English usually uses the present tense:

• does not change unless...

But in a future-looking context, it could also be understood as:

• will not change unless...

The sentence follows a very common Malay pattern:

Subject + predicate + condition

Breakdown:

• Yuran penyelenggaraan = subject
• tidak berubah = predicate
• kecuali jika majoriti bersetuju = conditional phrase

So literally:

• maintenance fee + not change + unless majority agrees

Malay word order is often similar to English in simple sentences, which helps learners.

Both are good.

• does not change is closer to the literal Malay
• remains unchanged is often more natural English in formal contexts

So:

• Yuran penyelenggaraan tidak berubah
  can mean either:
• The maintenance fee does not change
• The maintenance fee remains unchanged

If the sentence appears in legal, administrative, or official writing, remains unchanged is often the smoother translation.

It sounds neutral to formal.

Words like:

• penyelenggaraan
• majoriti
• bersetuju

make it sound suitable for:

• notices
• regulations
• meeting minutes
• official announcements
• building management documents

In very casual speech, people might use simpler phrasing, but this sentence is perfectly natural in standard written Malay.

A rough pronunciation guide:

• penyelenggaraan ≈ pen-ye-leng-ga-ra-an
• bersetuju ≈ ber-se-tu-ju

A few tips:

• Malay spelling is generally quite phonetic
• each vowel is usually pronounced clearly
• r is usually lightly rolled or tapped
• ng in selenggara is like the ng in sing

For penyelenggaraan, do not try to reduce too many vowels the way English often does. Malay tends to pronounce syllables more evenly.

Yes. Here are a few natural alternatives, with slightly different tones:

• Yuran penyelenggaraan kekal tidak berubah kecuali jika majoriti bersetuju.
  More emphatic: remains unchanged

• Yuran penyelenggaraan hanya akan berubah jika majoriti bersetuju.
  Focuses on the opposite idea: will only change if the majority agrees

• Yuran penyelenggaraan tidak akan diubah kecuali jika majoriti bersetuju.
  More explicitly passive: will not be changed unless the majority agrees

All are possible, but your original sentence is already natural and clear.