"Il va y avoir de la confiture sur le canapé neuf !"

Translation: There is going to be jam on the new couch!

[JacquiMcGi]

I find this sentence confusing. Could it also mean 'He's going to have (some?) jam on the new sofa'?

[--Roody--]

No. It's the futur proche construction of the fixed expression il y a, "there is" or "there are". So it means "there is going to be" or "there are going to be".

[GimmickNG]

Ah, didn't notice that! Thanks!

[arash226635]

Pourquoi pas "le neveau canapé"?

[--Roody--]

I don't know of a word neveau. Do you mean nouveau ?

If so, that also means "new". But neuf means the couch is "brand new".

[gbarge]

I said, without thinking, "There will be jam on the new couch" and was marked right! Weird, since I also said "There will be some cherry juice on the tablecloth", and was marked wrong. So "some" is that big of an issue?

[Arron190]

Why is neuf after canape?

[effyleven]

"Neuf" is special. It means "brand new," not just "new." This means it is placed after the noun, for some reason I have not yet found out.

[gbarge]

Yeah, it's an expression of age, so it should be "neuf canape", n'est-ce pas?

[AdrianDan22]

"Neuf" is an exception to that rule. It goes after a noun. If it went before the noun it would mean 9.
"Neuf canapés" = Nine couches

[Lisaskier]

"There is going to jam on the brand new couch" marked wrong.

Canapé neuf = BRAND new , Duo ...YOU taught me that in an earlier module.

[and "There is going to be jam" is just blinking ridiculous ]

Please take some english lessons Duo, and pay more attention to the accuracy of your marking.

[emms68]

Couch = sofa in English.

[KenAndresen]

"il va y avoir" is a colloquial expression. It could just as well be translated "we're going to have,' but that was rejected.