"Nowa herbata i stara kawa"
Translation:New tea and old coffee
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Ah, stara. Finally, A Clockwork Orange's Nadsat has helped me guess the meaning of a new word without having to check the hints.
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It is an odd expression, no doubt put together to illustrate specific words or word endings, but what would "Fresh tea and stale coffee" be?
fresh (not stale) tea/coffee/ bread - świeża herbata/kawa/ świeży chleb
fresh (freshly brewed) tea/coffee - świeżo zrobiona/zaparzona herbata/kawa fresh (freshly made/baked) bread - świeży chleb/ świeżo upieczony chleb
stale tea/coffee/bread - nieświeża/zwietrzała/stara/niedobra herbata/kawa/
czerstwy/nieświeży/stary/suchy chleb (proverbial "suchy chleb dla konia")
In my understanding the expression "Nowa herbata i stara kawa" means:
new tea as "a new brand of tea on the market - nowy gatunek herbaty na rynku", and old coffee as "a well-known, favorite, good and trusted brand
of coffee - znana od dawna/dobrze znana/ ulubiona i zawsze dobra kawa (rodzaj/gatunek kawy)"
'świeża herbata' for sure but about the coffee... I don't know, I don't drink coffee so I don't know the right word. Maybe simply 'nieświeża'? Actually, I can imagine 'stara'...
