Dia menang pada pusingan kedua.

Dia can mean either he or she. Malay does not usually mark gender in third-person singular pronouns the way English does.

So:

• Dia menang = He won or She won

You figure out which one is meant from context.

Malay verbs usually do not change form for tense. The verb menang can mean:

• win
• won
• has won

depending on context.

In this sentence, English often translates it as won because pada pusingan kedua suggests a completed event in a competition. If needed, Malay can add time words such as semalam (yesterday) or markers like telah to make the time clearer.

Yes. In this sentence, menang means to win or be victorious.

So:

• Dia menang = He/She won

Unlike many Malay verbs, menang does not need a prefix here. It already works naturally as the main verb.

Pada is a preposition often used for:

• specific times
• occasions
• stages
• points in an event or process

Here, pada pusingan kedua means something like:

• in the second round
• at the second round
• during the second round

It sounds natural because a round is treated as a stage in a competition.

Sometimes learners expect di because English uses in or at, but di is mainly for physical places.

• di = at/in a location
• pada = at/on/during a time, stage, or point
• dalam = in/within

For a competition round, pada pusingan kedua is very natural.

Dalam pusingan kedua may sometimes be understood, but it feels more like within the second round.
Di pusingan kedua is less natural in standard usage unless the context treats the round almost like a location or slot in a structure.

Pusingan comes from pusing, which is related to turning or a turn. With the suffix -an, it becomes a noun.

So pusingan can mean:

• round
• turn
• rotation

In competition contexts, pusingan is the normal word for a round.

Malay usually puts descriptors like adjectives and ordinal numbers after the noun.

So:

• pusingan kedua = second round
• literally: round second

This noun-first pattern is very common in Malay.

In this sentence, kedua means second.

Malay ordinal numbers are often formed with ke-:

• pertama = first
• kedua = second
• ketiga = third
• keempat = fourth

So:

• pusingan kedua = the second round

Be careful not to confuse this with kedua-dua, which means both.

Malay usually does not use articles like a, an, or the the way English does.

So pusingan kedua can naturally mean:

• a second round
• the second round

Context tells you which English article sounds best. In this sentence, the second round is the most natural translation.

Yes, but the original order is the most neutral:

• Dia menang pada pusingan kedua.

You can also front the time/stage phrase for emphasis:

• Pada pusingan kedua, dia menang.

This means the same thing, but it puts more focus on the second round.

You can use tidak before the verb:

• Dia tidak menang pada pusingan kedua.
  = He/She did not win in the second round.

For verbs, tidak is the normal negator.

Yes, grammatically it could. Because Malay verbs do not mark tense, Dia menang pada pusingan kedua can depend on context.

However, in many real situations, English speakers would most naturally translate it as He/She won in the second round because it sounds like a finished competition result.