Need advice on an "i" adjective conjegation

[oasispajamaman]

Hello everyone,
Here are the lyrics of a song that I like, but I'm having trouble locating an explanation regarding why the i-adjectives have a "ki" where the final "i" should be. Any advice?

Yasashiki kaze yo Chikara-zuyoki kaze yo
Utatte ageyou Sabishiki kokoro wo
Utatte ageyou Haruka na omoi wo
Watashi wa hitori Kanashiku hitori
Watashi wo oite Ikanakute

COMPLETE LYRICS: http://www.geocities.com/tokyo/pagoda/5 ... a.html#h01
AUDIO: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=muPKjIHYMTI

PS
If anyone can provide a complete translation of the song I would be completely in your debt!

[mieth]

the reason why is because those words are no longer I adjectives. They are being used to describe the type of KI. The adjectives are in and of themselves fine they just make a new word like that because they are describing something else.

[oasispajamaman]

When you say "they are describing KI," are you referring to KI like in 元気?

If so, how does that alter the meaning? Or is it just something contextual/literary that is done for effect?

手伝ってくれてありがとう！

[oasispajamaman]

Thank you for your help. Apparently all I needed to do was roam the internet a while longer to find the explanation that I was looking for! I'm including a link to the page with the information that I found. Again, thank you!

Halfway down the page is an explanation of the ~KI ending for I adjectives!
http://www.darkmirage.com/2006/08/16/be ... djectives/

[untmdsprt]

Also found it here:

http://books.google.co.jp/books?id=V8fr ... q=&f=false