"Quelque chose de neuf"

Translation: Something new

[Papastachio]

when did "neuf" mean new?

[Gavier]

neuf means new as in 'brand new' - Pont Neuf is the new bridge, not bridge No. 9

[xuyang1233321]

why put "de"here? why can't we just say "quelque chose neuf?"

[Kippis]

I found an informative comment in this thread.

https://www.duolingo.com/comment/994852

I also found information in this page. Look at No.6. To sum it up, indefinite pronouns require de when they are followed by modifiers.

http://french.about.com/od/grammar/a/pronouns_indefinite.htm

[gtmckee]

Why is "Some new thing" not acceptable?

[Wunel]

It probably should be acceptable, however those sentences have a subtle difference in emphasis.

• He has some new thing
• He has something new

In the first sentence the emphasis is on the 'thing', the strangeness/incomprehensibility of it. In the second it is on the newness of the object, that he has acquired a new possession.

[gtmckee]

Thank you.

[anchpop]

"Quelque chose de différent, Quelque chose de neuf," Nah, doesn't sound as nice.

[tracidmartin]

why isn't something is new accepted?

[Meg_in_Canada]

The verb "est" isn't there, so "is" isn't there.

[r3db1rd0001]

Something old, something new, something borrowed, something blue,

[bugadi]

who can tell please:
the difference between:
neuve/neuf / nouveau ??
(Thanks in advance)

[telemarker1]

Something brand new should be accepted as neuf, according you all you French experts means brand new and nouveau means new to you but not necessarily brand new!

[AaronEngst]

neuf = neuve = nouveau ???

[Meg_in_Canada]

Neuf/neuve is more like brand-new. If I buy a 2012 car, it can be "ma nouvelle auto," but not "ma neuve auto," as it's a used car.