בסלון החדש יש ספה נוחה, אבל עוד אין שטיח על הרצפה.

בסלון means in the living room.

The ב־ at the beginning is a very common Hebrew preposition meaning in / at. It usually attaches directly to the noun, so instead of writing it as a separate word, Hebrew writes:

ב + סלון = בסלון

When the noun is definite, as in the living room, Hebrew combines things even further:

ב + ה + סלון → בסלון

So בסלון here really means in the living room, not just in a living room.

Because the noun is definite, the adjective must also be definite.

In Hebrew, adjectives usually come after the noun, and they must match it in:

• gender
• number
• definiteness

So:

• סלון חדש = a new living room
• הסלון החדש = the new living room
• בסלון החדש = in the new living room

Even though the ה of the is absorbed into ב in בסלון, the noun is still definite, so the adjective also needs ה: החדש.

יש is the Hebrew word used for there is / there are.

So:

• יש ספה = there is a sofa
• יש שטיח = there is a rug

This is called an existential structure. Hebrew uses יש to say that something exists or is present somewhere.

That is why:

בסלון החדש יש ספה נוחה
means
In the new living room, there is a comfortable sofa.

In modern Hebrew, the verb to be is usually not expressed in the present tense.

For example:

• הספה נוחה = the sofa is comfortable

There is no separate word for is there.

But when Hebrew means there is / there are, it does use a special word: יש.

So:

• הספה נוחה = the sofa is comfortable
• יש ספה נוחה = there is a comfortable sofa

English uses is in both kinds of sentences, but Hebrew treats them differently.

Because they are being introduced as indefinite items: a sofa, a rug.

In existential sentences with יש and אין, Hebrew often uses an indefinite noun when it means something like there is a... or there isn’t a....

So:

• יש ספה נוחה = there is a comfortable sofa
• אין שטיח = there is no rug / there isn’t a rug

If you made them definite, you would usually be talking about a specific known sofa or rug, which would change the meaning.

Because נוחה has to agree with ספה, and ספה is feminine singular.

In Hebrew, adjectives agree with the noun they describe in:

• gender
• number
• definiteness

So:

• masculine singular: נוח
• feminine singular: נוחה

Examples:

• כיסא נוח = a comfortable chair
• ספה נוחה = a comfortable sofa

That is why ספה נוחה is correct.

Here עוד means still or yet.

So:

אבל עוד אין שטיח
means
but there still isn’t a rug
or
but there isn’t a rug yet

This is a very common use of עוד in negative sentences.

Be careful: עוד can also mean more, another, or additional in other contexts. But here, with אין, it means still / yet.

Because אין is the normal negative partner of יש.

Think of them as a pair:

• יש = there is / there are
• אין = there is not / there are not

So:

• יש שטיח = there is a rug
• אין שטיח = there is no rug

You do not normally say לא יש for this meaning.

Because על is a separate preposition, while ב־ is a prefix preposition.

Hebrew has some short prepositions that attach directly to the next word, such as:

• ב־ = in
• ל־ = to
• כ־ = as / like

But על = on is usually written as a separate word.

So:

• בסלון = one word
• על הרצפה = two words

Also, הרצפה is definite: the floor. So the phrase means on the floor.

Because it refers to the specific floor in that room.

In English, we also usually say on the floor, not on a floor, when the floor is understood from the situation.

Hebrew does the same here:

• על הרצפה = on the floor

So the definite article makes sense because this is not just any floor; it is the floor of that living room.

Yes, this word order is very normal.

Hebrew often begins an existential sentence with the location, especially when setting the scene:

בסלון החדש יש ספה נוחה
literally: In the new living room there is a comfortable sofa

That sounds natural and clear.

You could also say:

יש ספה נוחה בסלון החדש

That also works, but it puts the focus a little differently. The original sentence first tells you where, and then tells you what is there.

The second half works similarly:

• אבל עוד אין שטיח על הרצפה = but there still isn’t a rug on the floor

This is a very natural Hebrew sentence overall.