[Xajron]

Hi!

I was reading a little bit in my book, Japanese Sentence patterns for Effective Communication, about relative clauses, when I came across something that confuses me.

On page 258 it says;

" 'The computers that were expensive have become cheaper. '

高かったコンピューターが安くなった.

Takakatta konpyuutaa yasuku natta

Here the relative (modifying) clause features an adjective instead of a verb. The tense of this clause may be present or past, and may be either affirmative or negative. However, it must be in the present tense if the state presented in it is concurrent with the action or state presented in the main clause (example 4)[...]My daughter wanted a doll that had blue eyes. 娘 は目が青い人形を欲しがった."

The bold text is bold because I made it so. What does the author mean in the part of the text that is bold? I don't get it. Maybe it's because I'm not a native english speaker.

Does anybody of you guys understand it?

Thanks!