Po odebraniu kluczy od właściciela od razu zobaczyłyśmy kuchnię i łazienkę.

Po odebraniu means after picking up / after receiving.

This is a very common Polish structure:

• po
  • verbal noun
• it often means after doing something

Here:

• odebraniu comes from the verb odebrać = to pick up, collect, receive
• so po odebraniu kluczy literally means after the picking up of the keys

A more expanded version would be:

• Po tym, jak odebrałyśmy klucze... = After we picked up the keys...

So the sentence uses a compact, natural Polish structure instead of a full clause.

Because after po in this meaning, Polish uses a noun-like form rather than the infinitive.

So:

• odebrać = infinitive, to pick up
• odebranie = verbal noun, the picking up / receiving
• po odebraniu = after picking up

This form is in the locative case, because po here requires the locative.

You can compare:

• po obiedzie = after dinner
• po pracy = after work
• po odebraniu kluczy = after picking up the keys

So odebraniu is the locative singular form of odebranie.

Because kluczy is the genitive plural form of klucze (keys).

In the phrase po odebraniu kluczy, the verbal noun odebranie behaves like a noun, and the thing received is often put in the genitive:

• odebranie kluczy = receiving the keys
• oddanie dokumentów = handing over the documents
• czytanie książki = reading a book

So:

• klucze = nominative plural
• kluczy = genitive plural

That is why Polish says po odebraniu kluczy, not po odebraniu klucze.

Od właściciela means from the owner.

The preposition od usually means from and requires the genitive case.

So:

• właściciel = owner
• właściciela = genitive singular

That is why Polish says:

• od właściciela = from the owner

This phrase tells us who gave the keys.

Both can refer to getting the keys, but the nuance is different.

• dostać klucze = to get the keys
• otrzymać klucze = to receive the keys
• odebrać klucze = to pick up / collect the keys

Odebrać often suggests that you physically went somewhere and took possession of something that was waiting for you or being handed over.

So in this sentence, odebraniu kluczy od właściciela sounds like:

• we met the owner
• the owner handed us the keys
• we took/collected them

It fits very naturally in a rental, hotel, or apartment context.

Yes, literally it looks like that, but as a fixed expression od razu means:

• right away
• immediately
• straight away

It is extremely common in Polish.

Examples:

• Zadzwoń do mnie od razu. = Call me immediately.
• Od razu wiedziałem. = I knew at once.

So here:

• od razu zobaczyłyśmy... = we immediately saw... / we looked at... right away

Because zobaczyłyśmy is the 1st person plural past tense used by a group of women.

Polish past tense agrees with gender in the plural:

• zobaczyliśmy = we saw — if the group is masculine-personal or mixed
• zobaczyłyśmy = we saw — if the speakers are all female

So this sentence tells you something about the speakers:

• the people speaking are women

That is one detail English does not show, but Polish does.

Yes.

Zobaczyłyśmy comes from zobaczyć = to see.

Breakdown:

• zobaczył- = past stem
• -y- = plural feminine marker
• -śmy = we

So:

• zobaczyłyśmy = we saw (all-female group)

Compare:

• zobaczyłem = I saw (male speaker)
• zobaczyłam = I saw (female speaker)
• zobaczyliśmy = we saw (masculine-personal/mixed group)
• zobaczyłyśmy = we saw (female group)

Because they are the direct objects of zobaczyłyśmy, so they are in the accusative case.

Base forms:

• kuchnia = kitchen
• łazienka = bathroom

Accusative singular forms:

• kuchnię
• łazienkę

This is a very common pattern for feminine nouns ending in -a:

• nominative: kuchnia

• accusative: kuchnię

• nominative: łazienka
• accusative: łazienkę

Since the sentence says we saw the kitchen and the bathroom, Polish uses the accusative.

In this context, it can feel a bit broader than plain English see.

Zobaczyć literally means to see, but in practical contexts like viewing a flat, entering a place, or checking rooms, it often means:

• to have a look at
• to check out
• to see

So od razu zobaczyłyśmy kuchnię i łazienkę may imply:

• we immediately looked at the kitchen and bathroom
• those were the first rooms we checked

That sounds very natural in context.

Yes, Polish word order is fairly flexible.

The given order is natural because it presents the events in sequence:

1. Po odebraniu kluczy od właściciela = after getting the keys from the owner
2. od razu = immediately
3. zobaczyłyśmy kuchnię i łazienkę = we saw / looked at the kitchen and bathroom

You could also say:

• Od razu po odebraniu kluczy od właściciela zobaczyłyśmy kuchnię i łazienkę.
• Kuchnię i łazienkę zobaczyłyśmy od razu po odebraniu kluczy od właściciela.

These are all grammatical, but the original version is smooth and neutral.

Yes. A very natural full-clause version would be:

• Po tym, jak odebrałyśmy klucze od właściciela, od razu zobaczyłyśmy kuchnię i łazienkę.

This means exactly the same thing, but it is more explicit.

Compare:

• Po odebraniu kluczy... = more compact, a bit more written or compressed
• Po tym, jak odebrałyśmy klucze... = fuller, more clause-based

Both are common. The version with po odebraniu is very normal and efficient.

It is common and natural, especially in written Polish and careful spoken Polish.

This pattern:

• po + verbal noun

is widely used in everyday language, for example:

• Po skończeniu pracy poszłam do domu. = After finishing work, I went home.
• Po przeczytaniu książki oddałem ją do biblioteki. = After reading the book, I returned it to the library.

So it is not strange or overly formal. It is simply a neat, concise way to say after doing something.