"The new boys have new shoes."

Translation: Nowi chłopcy mają nowe buty.

[RuthAliceW]

Why is it "nowi" for chłopcy and "nowe" for buty? A bit confused as theyre both masculine nouns. Something about being animate?

[SiemaZiomek]

Exaclty, animate masculine plural = e.g. nowi, starzy
Any other plural (neuter, feminine, inanimate masculine) = e.g. nowe, stare

[mitchell274]

Could someone please explain to me why 'chłopcy' takes the adjective 'nowi' and not 'nowy'?

[gabe81]

'Nowi' is for plural, while 'nowy' is singular (both forms masculine-personal).

Unfortunately the endings don't match with the noun, and i think that is what mislead you.

[vytah]

Nominative masculine personal plural adjectives have a consonant shift (in this case, w to w(i)).

I wrote a bit about consonant shifts, including in adjectives, here: https://www.duolingo.com/comment/12262354

[Javerix]

What case is "nowe buty" in?

[alik1989]

Accusative plural