Bulu tangkis itu tersangkut pada jaring.

A word-by-word breakdown is:

• bulu tangkis = shuttlecock
• itu = that / the
• tersangkut = got stuck, is caught, is snagged
• pada = on, at, to (depending on context)
• jaring = net

So the whole sentence means something like:

• That shuttlecock got stuck on the net
• The shuttlecock is caught on the net

Malay often lets one sentence cover both a resulting action and a state, depending on context.

In Malay, demonstratives like ini (this) and itu (that) usually come after the noun.

So:

• bulu tangkis itu = that shuttlecock / the shuttlecock
• jaring itu = that net

This is normal Malay word order. English puts that before the noun, but Malay puts itu after it.

It can work as either, depending on context.

In many sentences, itu literally means that. But in natural translation, it can also sound more like the when the speaker is referring to a specific thing already known in the situation.

So bulu tangkis itu could be understood as:

• that shuttlecock
• the shuttlecock

English chooses between that and the more strictly than Malay does.

No. Malay does not always need a separate word for is/am/are the way English does.

In Bulu tangkis itu tersangkut pada jaring, the word tersangkut already works as the predicate, so there is no need to add a verb like is.

A very natural English translation uses is:

• The shuttlecock is stuck on the net

But Malay can say this without an extra copula verb.

The base idea is sangkut, which has to do with something being caught, hooked, or snagged.

With ter-, tersangkut usually gives the sense that something:

• ended up in that state
• happened unintentionally
• is now stuck or caught

So tersangkut often means:

• got caught
• got stuck
• is caught
• is snagged

In this sentence, it suggests that the shuttlecock ended up caught in the net, probably not on purpose.

This is a very common learner question.

Both di and pada can relate to location, but they are not always interchangeable.

Here, pada is natural because tersangkut pada is a common pattern meaning:

• caught on
• stuck on
• snagged on

So:

• tersangkut pada jaring = caught on the net

Using di would focus more literally on physical location, while pada fits the relationship of being attached/caught against something.

A good way to remember it is that some Malay verbs naturally pair with pada, and tersangkut is often one of them.

Here jaring means net, specifically the kind of net used in a game or sport.

So pada jaring means on the net.

In other contexts, jaring can also mean a net used for catching things, like a fishing net, but in this sentence the sports meaning is the natural one.

In this sentence, yes: it refers to the shuttlecock, the feathered object used in badminton.

If you have also seen bulu tangkis elsewhere, you may notice some variation across Malay and Indonesian usage. In Malay learning contexts, it can refer to the shuttlecock here. In any case, the intended meaning in this sentence is clearly the object that gets caught on the net.

It can suggest both, depending on how you translate it into English.

Malay often does not force you to choose as sharply as English does between:

• the event: got stuck
• the current state: is stuck

So Bulu tangkis itu tersangkut pada jaring could be translated as:

• The shuttlecock got stuck on the net
• The shuttlecock is stuck on the net

If the speaker is describing what happened during play, got stuck may fit better. If the speaker is describing what they see now, is stuck may fit better.

The structure is:

• Bulu tangkis itu = noun phrase / subject
• tersangkut = predicate
• pada jaring = prepositional phrase

So the pattern is roughly:

[subject] + [predicate] + [prepositional phrase]

In English terms:

• The shuttlecock
  • is/got stuck
    • on the net

This is a very common Malay sentence pattern.

A simple guide is:

Boo-loo tahng-kis ee-too ter-sahng-koot pah-dah jah-ring

A few helpful points:

• u is usually like oo in food
• a is usually like the a in father
• ng in tangkis, tersangkut, and jaring is the normal ng sound in sing
• r is usually lightly rolled or tapped

You do not need to sound exactly native at first; saying each syllable clearly is the most important thing.