Need help translating a sentence - あるひ?


I'm trying to read a children's book and have already gotten stumped by the
first sentence. " _context_ " The picture shows an autumn day.

It reads:

> ある つめたい かぜの ふく ひ。

So far I've got ... (chilly wind blow)...

At first I thought ある was 'walk' and the grammar made no sense to me, but have
then realized walk should instead be あるく. Also, ひ made no sense either. So
looking up ある on Jisho I found that together あるひ (ある日) means "one day".

Is it correct to assume that ある and 日 can be split apart grammatically?

> **ある** **(** 冷たい 風の 吹く **)** **日** 。

And if that's the case would **:** One day, a chilly wind blew. =/= A chilly
wind blew, one day. **:** be correct?




You are on the right track.

In this case, 「ある」 and 「ひ」 should be regarded as two independen words rather
than 「あるひ」 split into two parts.

「ある」, all by itself, can mean "one ~~" or "a certain ~~" (and it is used at
the beginning of virtually every children's story.)

「ある つめたい かぜの ふく ひ」 is a relative clause (not a sentence) in which both 「ある」
and 「つめたいがぜのふく」 modify 「ひ」.

"One cold and windy day."




You are on the right track.

In this case, 「ある」 and 「ひ」 should be regarded as two independen words rather
than 「あるひ」 split into two parts.

「ある」, all by itself, can mean "one ~~" or "a certain ~~" (and it is used at
the beginning of virtually every children's story.)

「ある つめたい かぜの ふく ひ」 is a relative clause (not a sentence) in which both 「ある」
and 「つめたいがぜのふく」 modify 「ひ」.

"One cold and windy day."

