Kedai itu dibuka setakat pukul sepuluh.

In Malay, demonstratives like ini and itu normally come after the noun.

• kedai itu = that shop / the shop
• buku ini = this book

So Malay says the equivalent of shop that, not that shop.

Also, in many contexts itu can make the noun feel definite, so kedai itu can mean either that shop or simply the shop, depending on context.

Dibuka is the di- form of buka.

• buka = to open / open
• dibuka = opened / is opened

In this sentence, kedai itu dibuka literally means the shop is opened, but in natural English it is usually understood as the shop is open.

This is very common in Malay. The di- form is often used when the focus is on the thing affected, not on who does the action.

In this sentence, it is best understood as open in the sense of operating for business.

So:

• Kedai itu dibuka... = The shop is open...

Even though the literal structure looks like is opened, the natural meaning is about the shop’s opening hours, not the action of someone opening it at that moment.

Setakat means up to, until, or only until, depending on context.

In Kedai itu dibuka setakat pukul sepuluh, it means the shop is open up to ten o’clock.

There is often a slight sense of limitation with setakat, as if saying:

• only until ten
• no later than ten

It is similar to hingga or sampai, but setakat can sound a bit more like a limit or cutoff point.

Pukul is used when telling the time. It means o’clock.

• pukul sepuluh = ten o’clock
• pukul tiga = three o’clock

So setakat pukul sepuluh means until ten o’clock.

It means the shop stays open until ten, so the important idea is that ten o’clock is the closing limit.

A natural English translation would be:

• The shop is open until ten.
• The shop is only open until ten.

It does not mean the shop starts opening at ten.

Malay often leaves out the verb to be when English would require is, am, or are.

So Malay can say:

• Kedai itu dibuka setakat pukul sepuluh

where English needs:

• The shop is open until ten o’clock

This is normal Malay sentence structure, not an omission or mistake.

Yes. It can mean either one, depending on context.

• If you are contrasting it with another shop, that shop is likely.
• If the shop has already been mentioned and is now specific, the shop may sound more natural in English.

Malay itu often marks something as identifiable, so it does not always need to be translated as a strongly demonstrative that.

There are other common choices, especially hingga and sampai.

For example:

• Kedai itu dibuka hingga pukul sepuluh
• Kedai itu dibuka sampai pukul sepuluh

These also mean The shop is open until ten o’clock.

Very roughly:

• hingga = often a bit more formal or standard
• sampai = very common in everyday speech
• setakat = up to / only up to, often with a nuance of limit

So setakat works well here if the idea is up to ten and no later.

Yes, grammatically dibuka is a passive form because of di-. The focus is on kedai itu, not on the person who opens it.

But in practice, the whole sentence is often understood as a statement about the shop’s opening hours, so learners should not over-translate it mechanically.

A literal reading:

• The shop is opened up to ten o’clock

A natural reading:

• The shop is open until ten o’clock