Hotel przyjmuje gości do dziesiątej.

The hotel accepts guests until ten.

Breakdown of Hotel przyjmuje gości do dziesiątej.

• gość: the guest
• hotel: the hotel
• do dziesiątej: until ten
• przyjmować: to accept

Questions & Answers about Hotel przyjmuje gości do dziesiątej.

What does przyjmuje mean in this sentence?

Przyjmuje is the 3rd person singular present of przyjmować, meaning to receive, to admit or to accept (guests).

What case is gości? It looks like genitive plural…

Here gości is the accusative plural of gość (nominative plural goście). It happens to look like the genitive plural form, but because it’s the direct object of przyjmuje, it’s accusative.

Why is dziesiątej used instead of a cardinal number like dziesięć?

When you use do to express a deadline (“until”), you need the genitive of an ordinal numeral. Dziesiątej is the genitive feminine singular of the ordinal dziesiąta (godzina). That’s why we say do dziesiątej rather than do dziesięć.

Is this 10 o’clock in the morning or in the evening?

By itself, do dziesiątej is ambiguous: it could mean 10 AM or 10 PM. Context (e.g. check-in policy) usually makes it clear. If you want to be explicit, add rano (morning) or wieczorem (evening).

Can I add godziny and still express the same idea?

Yes. Do godziny dziesiątej is grammatically correct and emphasizes the word “hour,” but in everyday speech Polish speakers often drop godziny and just say do dziesiątej.

Why is przyjmuje in the imperfective aspect? Wouldn’t the perfective make more sense?

The imperfective verb przyjmować describes a habitual or ongoing action (“the hotel receives guests” as a regular policy). The perfective przyjąć would refer to a single completed action (“the hotel has received guests”), which isn’t what you want for a standing rule.

How would I turn this into a yes/no question?

Simply add Czy at the beginning:
Czy hotel przyjmuje gości do dziesiątej?

How do I say “after ten” in Polish?

Use po + the locative of the ordinal: po dziesiątej. If you want to be precise you can also say po 22:00.

Why is there no article before hotel?

Polish has no articles (no the or a/an). Definiteness is understood from context rather than a separate word.