Aoi aoi morideshita - sentence structure explanation


first post here. I'm currently reading a children's books titled 'きつね森の山男'. I
think it's a good starters book however, some of the structures are confusing
or contrary to what I have learnt. I understand the phrase ' aoi aoi
morideshita' to mean 'the forest was blue'. I'm sure there is some rule I
haven't seen yet, or some obviation to a rule, but wouldn't 'mori ha aokatta
desu' mean the same thing?

Thanks guys! (P.S I'm sure I'll be posting more questions about this book!)




I'm assuming you're comfortable with hiragana, since you're reading this book!

> あおい あおい もり でした。

Means "it was a green, green forest." (In Japanese, あおい is often used for
things we'd called "green" in English, such as trees and traffic lights.)

As Felipe Oliveira explained, in Japanese as in English, an adjective can come
before or after its noun, depending on what you want to emphasis and how you
want the phrase to sound.

> おおきいいぬでした。

It was a big dog.

> いぬはおおきかったです。

The dog was big.




I'm assuming you're comfortable with hiragana, since you're reading this book!

> あおい あおい もり でした。

Means "it was a green, green forest." (In Japanese, あおい is often used for
things we'd called "green" in English, such as trees and traffic lights.)

As Felipe Oliveira explained, in Japanese as in English, an adjective can come
before or after its noun, depending on what you want to emphasis and how you
want the phrase to sound.

> おおきいいぬでした。

It was a big dog.

> いぬはおおきかったです。

The dog was big.

