Pasukan itu bermain dengan semangat.

A natural word-by-word breakdown is:

• pasukan = team
• itu = that / the
• bermain = to play / are playing
• dengan = with
• semangat = spirit, enthusiasm, energy

So the sentence structure is basically:

• Pasukan itu = that team / the team
• bermain dengan semangat = plays / is playing with enthusiasm

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

So:

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

To an English speaker, it may feel backwards, because English puts this/that before the noun. Malay normally does the opposite.

It can mean either, depending on context.

• that team if you are pointing out a specific team
• the team if the team is already known in the conversation

In many sentences, itu helps mark something as specific and already identifiable. So although its basic meaning is that, in translation it is often rendered as the when that sounds more natural in English.

Main is the root word, connected with playing.
Bermain is the more normal verb form meaning to play or to be playing.

The prefix ber- often forms intransitive verbs, especially actions done by the subject.

So:

• main = play (root/base idea)
• bermain = to play

In a full sentence, bermain is the expected form here:

• Pasukan itu bermain... = The team plays / is playing...

Here, semangat means something like:

• enthusiasm
• spirit
• energy
• determination

So bermain dengan semangat suggests that the team is playing in a spirited, enthusiastic, energetic way.

It does not just mean emotional excitement. It often carries a positive sense of motivation and drive.

Dengan usually means with.

In this sentence, it links the action to the manner or quality of the action:

• bermain dengan semangat = play with enthusiasm / play in high spirits

So dengan semangat is telling you how the team is playing.

No, not by itself. Malay verbs do not usually change form for tense the way English verbs do.

So bermain can mean:

• play
• plays
• is playing
• was playing

The exact time is usually understood from context or added time words such as:

• sekarang = now
• semalam = yesterday
• esok = tomorrow

So Pasukan itu bermain dengan semangat could mean The team is playing enthusiastically or The team played with enthusiasm, depending on context.

Yes. This is a very normal Malay sentence pattern:

• Pasukan itu = subject
• bermain = verb
• dengan semangat = adverbial phrase describing manner

So the structure is:

Subject + Verb + Phrase explaining how the action is done

That is very common in Malay.

Yes, you can say:

Pasukan bermain dengan semangat.

But the meaning changes slightly.

• Pasukan itu = that team / the team, a specific team
• pasukan = team / teams in a more general or less specifically identified sense

In real usage, dropping itu can make the sentence sound less specific. If you are talking about one known team, itu is often helpful.

Yes. A few natural alternatives are:

• Pasukan itu bermain dengan penuh semangat.
  = The team played with full enthusiasm / very enthusiastically.

• Pasukan itu bersemangat semasa bermain.
  = The team was enthusiastic while playing.

• Pasukan itu bermain secara bersemangat.
  This is possible, but less natural than dengan semangat in everyday usage.

Among these, bermain dengan semangat is simple and very natural.

A simple rough guide for an English speaker is:

pah-SOO-kan EE-too ber-MAH-een DEH-ngan suh-MAH-ngat

A few helpful notes:

• pasukan: the u sounds like oo in food
• itu: both vowels are clear, roughly ee-too
• bermain: often sounds like ber-ma-in, with the vowels pronounced clearly
• dengan: the ng is like the sound in sing
• semangat: also has that ng sound

Malay pronunciation is generally quite regular, so once you know the sound system, it is usually easier than English spelling.

Here, pasukan is understood as singular: team.

Malay nouns usually do not change form for singular versus plural the way English nouns do. The context tells you the number.

So:

• pasukan can mean team or teams
• pasukan itu in this sentence is naturally understood as that team / the team

If needed, Malay can make plurality clearer in other ways, but in this sentence singular is the natural reading.