Saya lebih suka belajar di perpustakaan daripada di rumah kerana suasananya lebih tenang.

Suka means to like, but lebih suka means to prefer.

So:

• Saya suka belajar di perpustakaan = I like studying at the library
• Saya lebih suka belajar di perpustakaan... = I prefer studying at the library...

Because the sentence compares the library with home, lebih suka is the natural choice.

This is a very common Malay comparison pattern:

• lebih = more
• daripada = than

So:

• lebih suka ... daripada ... = prefer ... to / more than ...
• lebih tenang = more calm / quieter

In the sentence:

• Saya lebih suka belajar di perpustakaan daripada di rumah
  literally: I more like studying at the library than at home

This is how Malay often expresses comparison, instead of changing the adjective like English does with quieter, better, faster, etc.

In standard Malay, daripada is normally used for comparisons.

So:

• lebih suka ... daripada ... = correct standard form
• lebih besar daripada ... = bigger than ...

By contrast, dari is more commonly used for things like place, direction, or origin:

• dari rumah = from home
• dari Kuala Lumpur = from Kuala Lumpur

In casual speech, some speakers may shorten things, but for learners, daripada is the safe and correct choice in comparisons.

Because both parts need their own location marker.

• di perpustakaan = at/in the library
• di rumah = at home

Malay does not usually drop the second di in this structure. So:

• ... di perpustakaan daripada di rumah = natural
• leaving out the second di would sound incomplete or ungrammatical

It can literally mean at the house / in the house, but very often it simply means at home.

So in this sentence, di rumah is best understood as at home.

Malay often does not distinguish as sharply as English between in and at in this kind of expression.

Malay does not have articles like a, an, or the in the same way English does.

So:

• di perpustakaan can mean at a library or at the library
• the exact meaning depends on context

In this sentence, English naturally translates it as at the library, but Malay does not need a separate word for the.

Kerana means because.

So:

• ... kerana suasananya lebih tenang = ... because the atmosphere is calmer / quieter

Yes, kerana is a normal and fairly standard word. In conversation, many speakers also use:

• sebab = because

So a more casual version might be:

• Saya lebih suka belajar di perpustakaan daripada di rumah sebab suasananya lebih tenang.

Both are natural, but kerana sounds a bit more neutral or formal.

Suasana means atmosphere, environment, or ambience.

The -nya at the end can do a few jobs in Malay. Here, it makes the noun sound more specific, something like:

• the atmosphere
• its atmosphere

So suasananya lebih tenang means:

• the atmosphere is calmer
• or more literally, its atmosphere is calmer

In context, this refers to the place being discussed, especially the library.

It can feel possessive, but in sentences like this it often works more like the or its, depending on context.

Examples:

• bukunya = his/her book, their book, or the book
• rumahnya = his/her house, their house, or the house
• suasananya = its atmosphere / the atmosphere

Here, suasananya most naturally means the atmosphere there or its atmosphere. It points back to the place being talked about.

So yes, it has a possessive flavor, but it is not always as strictly possessive as English his/her/its.

Because it is making another comparison.

• tenang = calm, quiet
• lebih tenang = calmer, quieter

English sometimes changes the adjective itself, like:

• quiet → quieter
• calm → calmer

Malay usually does not do that. It keeps the adjective the same and adds lebih:

• cantik → lebih cantik = more beautiful
• besar → lebih besar = bigger / larger
• tenang → lebih tenang = calmer / quieter

Yes, but the meaning would change slightly.

Original:

• Saya lebih suka belajar di perpustakaan...
  = I prefer studying at the library...

If you say:

• Saya lebih suka di perpustakaan...

that sounds incomplete or unnatural, because suka usually needs something you like doing or something you like.

So belajar is important here because it tells us what the preference is about: studying.

Usually, no.

In Malay, after suka, you can directly follow with a verb:

• suka makan = like eating
• suka membaca = like reading
• lebih suka belajar = prefer studying

Adding untuk is usually unnecessary here and may sound less natural in everyday usage.

So lebih suka belajar is the normal phrasing.

Yes. Malay allows some flexibility, especially with the because clause.

For example, you could say:

• Saya lebih suka belajar di perpustakaan daripada di rumah kerana suasananya lebih tenang.
• Kerana suasananya lebih tenang, saya lebih suka belajar di perpustakaan daripada di rumah.

Both are grammatical.

The original order is very natural because it states the preference first and then gives the reason.

It is closer to calm, peaceful, or tranquil, but in context it can also be translated naturally as quieter.

So suasananya lebih tenang could mean:

• the atmosphere is calmer
• the environment is more peaceful
• it is quieter there

The best English choice depends on context. For a library compared with home, quieter or calmer both work well.

Yes, perpustakaan is the standard word for library.

It is common in formal and everyday Malay. In speech, people may sometimes shorten sentences around it, but the word itself is standard and widely understood.

So belajar di perpustakaan is a perfectly normal phrase for study at the library.

That is the intended meaning, yes.

The structure implies:

• the speaker prefers studying at the library rather than at home
• the reason is that the atmosphere there is calmer

Malay does not always spell out every repeated detail, so suasananya relies on context. The listener understands that the speaker is referring mainly to the library environment as the reason for the preference.