How can a verb be in the beginning of a sentence when it is usually at the end? Ex. 折れた淡い翼。


When composing sentences in Japanese, the verb tends to be last right? For
example,

バナナを食べました。 --> I ate a banana

But recently I came across a sentence where the verb was at the beginning of
the the sentence.

折れた淡い翼。

How is this possible? 「折れた」 means "broken; bended," would it translate as "
broken fleeting wings"?

This is the first line in a song that I am trying to translate. The first
verse is as follows:

> 折れた淡い翼
>
> きみは少し青すぎる空につかれただけさ
>
> もう誰かのためじゃなくて
>
> 自分のために笑っていいよ

I am not worried about the translation but rather why the verb is in the
beginning of the sentence and why there is no need for 「を」.

Thank you!




It happens in sentences where the verb acts kind of like an adjective. I mean,
not exactly but here is an example:

In English you might say "The person I met yesterday" which turns into
"昨日会った人" (きのうあったひと) in Japanese or "The banana I ate yesterday" =>
"昨日食べたバナナ"。I think this is called noun phrase in English.

The important thing about this is that it's one complete part of a sentence.
So if you have "I want to meet X again" you can replace X with "the person I
met yesterday":

"X また会いたい" => "昨日会った人にまた会いたい"

Hope this helps.

