"Starzy chłopcy mają wino i ciasteczka."

Translation: The old boys have wine and cookies.

[DarcX]

"Starzy chłopcy" sounds a little oxymoronic.

[Neil395069]

Never watched Dukes of Hazzard? The good old boys :)

[Jack.Elliot]

older would be a more common usage

[ThatPolishDude]

Yeah I wrote "older boys have wine and cookies" and got it wrong

[eledhrim]

'older' means 'starsi' which is comparative form of the adjective 'starzy' - 'old' (here, plural forms)

[bluthbanana87]

Maybe the sentence is referring to multiple Josh Brolins.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oldboy_(2013_film)

[Danny62101]

He was on my TV as I read your comment. DP2 is awesome.

[schmidzy]

I would love to have an explanation of the plural adjective endings. -e, -i, -y, changing the root word spelling... I am confused!

[sirwootalot]

I would too - right now, I'm assuming (until proven wrong) that "ry" in singular adjectives becomes "rzy" when pluralized.

[Hasashi]

my impression is that this -ry/-rzy root change only occurs when dealing with plural masculine personal nouns (boys, men, people).
otherwise it gets the "normal" -e ending. eg. stare domy - old houses.

[AlatheaAnd]

You can say "old boys" in English to mean elderly men (in a friendly way). Is it the same in Polish?

[Jellei]

I don't think so. "starzy chłopcy" sounds rather absurd to me. Although I guess someone with a sense of humour could come up with such a phrase...

[Fluffy-Dasher]

Do children in Poland usually have wine and cookies?

[Jellei]

Usually without wine, it's too expensive to waste it on children, who will probably not appreciate the taste.

[Jabyl]

Cultural differences are always interesting: when I've read your comment the first thing I thought was: in Italy cookies are more expensive than wine :)

[GalitSchwa]

"Good old boys are drinkin' whiskey and rye..."

[Weylin366674]

Old boy can mean:

• An old man, "The old boy next door"
• A male friend of many years acquaintance, "Hello, old boy"
• A man who went to a particular school as a child, "The old boys are holding a reunion"

https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/old-boy

But not an actual boy who is old. That would be an older boy, because all boys are young.

So what does "Starzy chłopsy" mean?

[Jellei]

Nothing, really. Just boys that are old. Which is an oxymoron.

It's time to remove this sentence and substitute it with "starzy mężczyźni".

[MaHumourless]

fellows, chaps... I tried both, both were marked wrong. tsk

[Saulius.M]

If it's not children then 'guys' is more applicable than 'boys', imho;
Regretfully, not accepted by duo;

Mods?

[Becky57701]

Colloquial certainly, but: 'and good old boys are drinking whisky and rye and singing "This'll be the day that I die."'
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7yHTpGog0IY