YOU SAID:
the ship was big and yellow
INTO JAPANESE
船は大きくて黄色だった
BACK INTO ENGLISH
The ship was big and yellow
INTO JAPANESE
船は大きくて黄色でした
BACK INTO ENGLISH
The ship was big and yellow.
INTO JAPANESE
船は大きくて黄色でした。
BACK INTO ENGLISH
The ship was large and yellow.
INTO JAPANESE
船は大きくて黄色でした。
BACK INTO ENGLISH
The ship was large and yellow.
That didn't even make that much sense in English.