why is "une violette ceinture" correctly placed

Jan S.A1Kwiziq community member

why is "une violette ceinture" correctly placed

The quiz asked me to find correctly placed adjectives and I thought colors are supposed to go after the noun? Unless there is a exception here i missed.

Asked 5 months ago
CélineNative French expert teacher in KwiziqCorrect answer

Bonjour Jan,

You're right: "une violette ceinture" is incorrect. I checked the test questions from this lesson and it is recorded as such. You may have read your Results board incorrectly.

Je porte une ceinture violette = I am wearing a purple belt
Je suis ceinture verte = I am a green belt (judo/martial arts etc)

I hope this is helpful.

Bonne journée !

Jim J.C1 Kwiziq Q&A super contributor

Salut Jan,

The only situation that comes to my mind would be when the term relates to a rank.

By rank I have in mind the belt rank (level) in some Martial Arts for example. 

Bonne journée

Jim

why is "une violette ceinture" correctly placed

The quiz asked me to find correctly placed adjectives and I thought colors are supposed to go after the noun? Unless there is a exception here i missed.

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