Walaupun saya tinggal di kolej, saya masih pulang ke rumah pada hujung minggu untuk makan bersama keluarga.

Walaupun means although / even though. It introduces a contrast:

• Walaupun saya tinggal di kolej, ...
• Although I live in college/on campus, ...

It sets up the idea that the second part may seem surprising in light of the first part.

A few useful points:

• walaupun is a conjunction
• it often comes at the start of the sentence, but it can also connect clauses in the middle
• when the walaupun clause comes first, a comma is commonly used in writing

So this structure is very similar to English Although ..., ....

Malay usually states the subject again in the second clause:

• Walaupun saya tinggal di kolej, saya masih pulang ...

Literally, both clauses have their own subject:

• I live in college
• I still go home

In English, repeating I is also normal: Although I live on campus, I still go home...

So the second saya is not unnecessary repetition. It simply makes the second clause complete and natural.

Here, tinggal means live.

In Malay, tinggal can mean both live and stay, depending on context:

• Saya tinggal di Kuala Lumpur. = I live in Kuala Lumpur.
• Saya tinggal di hotel itu selama dua malam. = I stayed at that hotel for two nights.

In your sentence, because it talks about a regular living situation at kolej, the meaning is clearly live.

Also, learners often hear duduk used in casual speech to mean live, especially in some regions or in colloquial Malay, but tinggal is the safer standard choice.

This is about two different prepositions:

• di = in / at a place
• ke = to a place

So:

• tinggal di kolej = live at/in college
• pulang ke rumah = return/go to home

A very important spelling note:

• di and ke are written separately when they are prepositions
• so it is di kolej, not dikolej
• and ke rumah, not kerumah

This is a very common spelling point for learners.

In this sentence, kolej most likely refers to a college or more specifically a residential college / dormitory / campus accommodation, depending on the local context.

In Malaysian usage, kolej can refer to:

• a college as an institution
• a residential college on campus
• student accommodation in some contexts

Because the sentence says tinggal di kolej, the natural interpretation is that the speaker is living in some kind of campus housing or college residence.

So it does not necessarily mean the person lives inside the academic institution in the abstract; it usually points to student living arrangements.

Masih means still.

It shows that something continues to happen despite the situation mentioned earlier:

• saya masih pulang ke rumah
• I still go back home

Without masih, the sentence would simply state the action. With masih, it emphasizes continuity:

• even though I live at college, I still go home on weekends

In terms of position, masih usually comes before the verb:

• masih pulang
• masih belajar
• masih bekerja

That placement is very typical.

Both pulang and balik can refer to going back, but there is a difference in tone and usage.

pulang

• more standard
• often specifically means return home

balik

• very common in speech
• can mean go back / return
• often used for many kinds of returning, not only going home

So:

• saya pulang ke rumah sounds standard and clear
• saya balik rumah or saya balik ke rumah would sound more colloquial

A learner should know that pulang is a good choice in careful or standard Malay, especially in writing.

Yes, pulang often already implies going home, so in some contexts pulang by itself is enough.

For example:

• Saya mahu pulang. = I want to go home.

But pulang ke rumah is still perfectly natural. Adding ke rumah makes the destination explicit and can sound clearer or more emphatic.

So both are possible:

• saya pulang
• saya pulang ke rumah

The longer form is not wrong. It simply spells out the destination.

Hujung minggu means weekend.

So:

• pada hujung minggu = on the weekend / at the weekend

About pada:

• pada is often used with time expressions in standard Malay
• it can make the sentence sound a bit more formal or complete

In everyday speech, people may simply say:

• hujung minggu
• pada hujung minggu

Both can be understood, but pada hujung minggu sounds more standard in writing.

Also note that hujung minggu is the usual expression for weekend. A learner should not assume a literal English-style phrase like akhir minggu is the normal choice here.

Untuk here introduces purpose:

• untuk makan bersama keluarga
• in order to eat with the family
• to have meals with the family

So the sentence is saying that the speaker goes home on weekends for the purpose of eating with the family.

This is a very common use of untuk before a verb phrase.

Compare:

• Saya belajar untuk lulus peperiksaan. = I study to pass the exam.
• Dia datang untuk membantu saya. = He/She came to help me.

So here, untuk links the action pulang ke rumah with the reason/purpose makan bersama keluarga.

Both bersama and dengan can relate to the idea of with, but they are not always identical in feel.

bersama

• often means together with
• can sound a little more deliberate or warm
• works very naturally with family/social activities

dengan

• very broad word meaning with
• can mark accompaniment, manner, or instrument depending on context

So:

• makan bersama keluarga = eat together with the family
• makan dengan keluarga is also understandable, but bersama sounds especially natural here

Because the idea is shared family time, bersama is a very good fit.

Malay does not use articles like English a, an, and the in the same way.

So keluarga can mean:

• family
• the family
• a family

The exact meaning depends on context.

In this sentence, keluarga is naturally understood as the speaker’s family, even though Malay does not need a separate word for the.

This is very normal in Malay. Context usually tells you whether something is definite or indefinite.

This sentence is natural, standard Malay. It is not overly formal, but it is definitely on the careful, correct side.

Features that make it sound standard:

• walaupun
• masih
• pulang
• pada hujung minggu
• bersama keluarga

In casual spoken Malay, someone might say something more like:

• Walaupun saya duduk kat kolej, saya masih balik rumah hujung minggu untuk makan dengan keluarga.

Some differences there:

• duduk instead of tinggal
• kat instead of di
• balik instead of pulang
• dropping pada
• dengan instead of bersama

That does not mean the original sentence is unnatural. It simply means the original is a neat, standard version, while casual speech often becomes shorter and less formal.