LC II Lesson VI Question about Adjective Placement

[sfink]

Hi,

We have gone through PL, LCI, and we are now in LCII. In Lesson V, we learned that adjectives of quantity go before the noun, while adjectives of quality go after the noun.

However, in Lesson VI, Exercise A on p. 28 has a very specific exercise where the students translate sentences with adjectives modifying subjects of the sentences, and the subjects and accompanying adjectives are underlined. In all five sentences, the underlined adjectives are adjectives of quality. However, in sentence #4, the adjective "parva" comes before the subject "puella."

Is this an error? Or am I missing some nuance of exception when the adjective is associated with a subject (as opposed to another noun in the sentence?

Thanks,
Sherrill Fink

[martin]

Sherrill,

The Latin adjective 'parva', meaning "small", is usually considered quantitative in Latin, since it deals with size . Therefore, it is usually placed before the noun. I hope this helps.

[sfink]

I really appreciate you taking the time to reply.

Thanks,
Sherrill

[gposterbauer]

Great explanation. However, in the Lesson 11 Quiz teacher's manual parvus comes after exercitus in the 3rd translation. Why is this? Is this an error in printing?

[tanya]

Yes, it is an error in printing. Though Latin word order is not essential, we have given you a generality, and we need to follow through with it. Our copy editor has already marked this for correction in the next edition. I apologize for your confusion. Good catch, though! You know the rule!

Tanya Charlton