氷(こおり) kooriは waとても totemo厚(あつ)く() atsuku、その sono上(うえ) ueを o歩(ある)け()た() aruketa。 The ice was very thick and we could walk on it. Literal Ice [topic-は] very thick, that above [object-を] could-walk. とても厚く uses the adverbial form of 厚い. 歩けた is the potential past of 歩く. The two clauses are linked by the ku-form serving as a conjunction ('was thick, and...'). natureoutdoorspotential form (~える/~られる)i-adjective adverbial (~く)
氷(こおり) kooriは waとても totemo厚(あつ)く() atsuku、その sono上(うえ) ueを o歩(ある)け()た() aruketa。 The ice was very thick and we could walk on it. Literal Ice [topic-は] very thick, that above [object-を] could-walk. とても厚く uses the adverbial form of 厚い. 歩けた is the potential past of 歩く. The two clauses are linked by the ku-form serving as a conjunction ('was thick, and...'). natureoutdoorspotential form (~える/~られる)i-adjective adverbial (~く)