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Me quedo en la cama hasta las diez.

Me quedo en la cama hasta las diez.
I stay in bed until ten.
From Lesson 154:From … to, until (de nueve a dos, hasta las ocho)·Spanish (Spain)

Questions & Answers about Me quedo en la cama hasta las diez.

Why is it Me quedo instead of just Quedo?
To say 'to stay' in a location, you must use the reflexive verb quedarse, which is why we need the pronoun me. If you only say quedo without the me, it comes from the verb quedar, which means 'to meet up' with someone or 'to have left over'.
Why do we need la in en la cama when English just says 'in bed'?
Spanish uses definite articles like el and la more often than English. When talking about routine places like la cama (bed), el colegio (school), or el hospital (hospital), you usually keep the article in Spanish even when English drops it.
Why do we use the feminine plural las before diez?
When talking about time in Spanish, you always use a feminine article because it refers to the unstated feminine word horas (hours). Because ten is a plural number, you use las. If you were talking about one o'clock, you would use the singular la for la una.
What is the difference between saying hasta las diez and a las diez here?
The word hasta means 'until', so the person is staying in bed continuously until ten o'clock. If you used the preposition a (a las diez), it would mean 'at ten o'clock', implying that ten is the exact time they are getting into bed.

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