Saya pun mahu sertai kelab tarian di kampus.

Here, pun means also, too, or as well.

So Saya pun mahu sertai kelab tarian di kampus suggests something like:

• I also want to join the dance club on campus
• I want to join the campus dance club too

It often shows that the speaker is adding themself to something already being discussed. For example, if someone else said they wanted to join, pun makes it sound like me too.

In Malay, pun often comes after the word it relates to. So:

• Saya pun ... = I too / I also ...

That placement is very natural in Malay. English usually puts also in different places, but Malay often uses pun right after the subject or topic.

Compare:

• Saya pun mahu pergi. = I also want to go.
• Dia pun setuju. = He/She agrees too.

After words like mahu (want), Malay very often uses the base verb:

• mahu sertai
• mahu makan
• mahu pergi

So mahu sertai is natural and common.

That said, mahu menyertai is also possible, especially in more formal Malay. The version with menyertai sounds a bit more complete or formal, while sertai after mahu feels very normal in everyday usage.

So both can work, but:

• mahu sertai = very common, natural
• mahu menyertai = also correct, a bit more formal

Sertai means join or take part in.

In this sentence:

• sertai kelab tarian = join the dance club

It is used directly with an object, so you can say:

• sertai kelab
• sertai program
• sertai pertandingan

English often uses join + object, and Malay works similarly here.

Malay usually puts the main noun first and the describing noun after it.

So:

• kelab tarian = dance club
  • kelab = club
  • tarian = dance

This is a very common Malay pattern:

• rumah kampung = village house
• bilik guru = teachers' room
• kedai buku = bookshop

So kelab tarian literally follows the Malay noun order: club dance = dance club.

Because tarian is a noun meaning dance or dancing, while menari is a verb meaning to dance.

In kelab tarian, you need a noun to describe the type of club:

• tarian = dance / dancing
• kelab tarian = dance club

If you used menari, it would sound wrong here because menari is an action word, not the noun form needed to label the club.

Di kampus means at campus or on campus, depending on how you would naturally say it in English.

• di is a preposition used for location
• kampus = campus

So di kampus simply marks the place.

In natural English, on campus is usually the best translation here:

• kelab tarian di kampus = the dance club on campus

Because di here is a preposition, not a prefix.

In Malay:

• di kampus = at/on campus → written separately
• ditulis = written → written together, because di- is a passive prefix

This is an important spelling rule in Malay:

• di + place → separate
• di- + verb → attached

Examples:

• di rumah = at home
• di sekolah = at school
• dibaca = read
• dibuka = opened

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

So:

• kelab tarian can mean a dance club or the dance club
• kampus can mean campus or the campus

The exact meaning depends on context. In this sentence, English would naturally translate it as the dance club on campus or a dance club on campus, depending on the situation.

Malay often leaves that kind of definiteness unstated unless it needs to be made clearer.

Yes, it is very normal.

The structure is:

• Saya = subject
• pun = also/too
• mahu = want
• sertai = join
• kelab tarian = dance club
• di kampus = on campus

So the pattern is basically:

Subject + particle + modal + verb + object + place

That is a very natural Malay sentence pattern.

Yes. In everyday spoken Malay, many people would say nak instead of mahu.

So:

• Saya pun mahu sertai kelab tarian di kampus.
• Saya pun nak sertai kelab tarian di kampus.

Both mean the same thing: I also want to join the dance club on campus.

The difference is mainly style:

• mahu = slightly more standard or formal
• nak = more casual, very common in speech

Sometimes yes, but it depends on context.

Malay can drop the subject when it is already obvious. For example, in conversation, if everyone knows you are talking about yourself, you might just say:

• Pun mahu sertai kelab tarian di kampus.
• or more naturally in speech, Nak sertai kelab tarian di kampus juga.

However, as a full clear sentence, Saya pun ... is better and more complete.

So:

• with Saya = clearer, more standard
• without Saya = possible in context, more conversational

They are similar, because both can mean also/too, but they are not always used in exactly the same way.

In this sentence, you could also say:

• Saya juga mahu sertai kelab tarian di kampus.

That also means I also want to join the dance club on campus.

A rough difference:

• pun often feels a bit like too / as well / even
• juga is a straightforward also

In many everyday cases, both are possible, but Saya pun ... is especially common when reacting to what someone else said, like Me too.