polski · A2 · vocabulary · 4 minutes
Hotel stays
Confirm a booking and report missing or broken room items.
Understand the choice
A hotel exchange needs booking identity, access, breakfast time, and a concise way to report a missing item or broken service.
Core rule: Na nazwisko + accusative identifies a booking name; prosić o takes accusative.
Notice it in context
Mam rezerwację na nazwisko Nowak i proszę o klucz.
I have a reservation under the name Nowak and ask for the key.
Rezerwację is accusative after mam; na nazwisko gives booking identity; o klucz follows proszę.
Recepcja wydaje klucz, a gość pyta o śniadanie.
Reception gives out the key, and the guest asks about breakfast.
Recepcja, klucz, gość, and śniadanie appear in one exchange.
W pokoju brakuje ręcznika, a winda nie działa.
A towel is missing in the room, and the lift does not work.
Pokój appears locative; ręcznik genitive after brakuje; winda subject.
What to remember
- Gość is masculine-personal and has plural goście.
- Brakować takes genitive of the missing thing.
Common trap: Do not say pod nazwiskiem for a booking; use na nazwisko.