Can a sentence end in a noun?


This is a complete sentence from a book.

> おいしいお料理に、とても楽しい雀の踊り。
>
> (There was??) delicious food and a fun sparrow dance.

For context, in the previous sentence an old man is introduced to the bird and
its friends. In the succeeding sentence we are told that the old man had a
great time.

1) Is the sentence correct or is there a bit missing from the end? I would
like to write おいしいお料理に、とても楽しい雀の踊りがいました。

2) If it is correct what is the grammar here? Under what circumstances can I
omit the verb and why would I do so?

3) What is に doing. It appears to be acting as 'and'. I've never seen this
before?




  1. The sentence is fine in a storybook sense. It is not a complete sentence, but books don't always use complete sentences--English included. The verb is implied, though it wouldn't be いました like you wrote. ありました or more colorfully perhaps （が）待っていました。

  2. You can omit anything that is understood without it. As Japanese is very verb-centric it's more common to omit nouns than verbs, but sometimes, as in this example, it's fine to omit the verb.

  3. The に here means "in addition to" or "not only".




  1. The sentence is fine in a storybook sense. It is not a complete sentence, but books don't always use complete sentences--English included. The verb is implied, though it wouldn't be いました like you wrote. ありました or more colorfully perhaps （が）待っていました。

  2. You can omit anything that is understood without it. As Japanese is very verb-centric it's more common to omit nouns than verbs, but sometimes, as in this example, it's fine to omit the verb.

  3. The に here means "in addition to" or "not only".

