boy,’ said he, ‘has your father a grindstone?’ ‘Yes, sir,’ said I.
‘You are a fine little fellow,’ said he. ‘Will you let me grind my
ax on it?’”]

You can tell by its ending to which noun an adjective belongs. The
ending of «parva» shows that it belongs to «puella», and the ending of
«bonam» that it belongs to «deam». Words that belong together are said
to agree, and the belonging-together is called _agreement_. Observe that
_the adjective and its noun agree in number and case_.

«55.» Examine the sentences

«Puella est parva»,
_the girl is little_
«Puella parva bonam deam amat»,
_the little girl loves the good goddess_

In the first sentence the adjective «parva» is separated from its noun
by the verb and stands in the predicate. It is therefore called a
_predicate adjective_. In the second sentence the adjectives «parva» and
«bonam» are closely attached to the nouns «puella» and «deam»
respectively, and are called _attributive adjectives._

_a._ Pick out the attributive and the predicate adjectives in the
following:

Do you think Latin is hard? Hard studies make strong brains. Lazy
students dislike hard studies. We are not lazy.

«56.» DIALOGUE