すばらしきこのせかい

[LewiiG]

There is a game called "すばらしきこのせかい"
It's translated to "It's a Wonderful World"

Just a quick few questions:
1. Why "すばらしき"、and not "すばらしい"？

2. Is "すばらしき" the noun form? If it is, what difference would it make had "すばらしい" been used?

3. Is the title supposed to be like, "すばらしい、このせかい(は)" or I guess "すばらしき（だなぁ）、このせかい(は)"?

It's just the order and way the title is written. I don't know what kind it's meant to be.
ありがとう。

 

[Toritoribe]

すばらしき is an adnominal/attributive form(連体形) of a classical adjective すばらし, which is the classical form of すばらしい. Thus, it the same as すばらしいこのせかい in meaning. Although it sounds classical/solemn/grave than すばらしい.

 

[masaegu]

There is a game called "すばらしきこのせかい"
It's translated to "It's a Wonderful World"
Just a quick few questions:
1. Why "すばらしき"、and not "すばらしい"？
2. Is "すばらしき" the noun form? If it is, what difference would it make had "すばらしい" been used?
3. Is the title supposed to be like, "すばらしい、このせかい(は)" or I guess "すばらしき（だなぁ）、このせかい(は)"?
It's just the order and way the title is written. I don't know what kind it's meant to be.
ありがとう。

1. Whoever named it just opted to use the literary form of すばらしい for his own aesthetic purposes. You will see this き-form quite often in creative writing and in particular, titles.
2. No, it is an adjectival form. The difference is that the literary form gives a better, more poetic/dramatic resonance in us native sopeakers' ears. Any 5-year-old could say すばらしいこのせかい as you could imagine but you need to go to school for a few years to be able to say すばらしきこのせかい. That is the difference.
3. It is a simple noun phrase, not a sentence as your examples. "This Wonderful World".
Extra: You cannot add だ or だなぁ directly to い-adjectives. A weakpoint for MANY Japanese-learners.

Lastly, that is not how you use ありがとう. You say it only when the service has been rendered, not before.

 

[LewiiG]

Oh I see. Never would have thought of that. But I still don't get what kind of sentence it is. Is it just a legit descriptive sentence: "this wonderful world" or is it kind of spoken like: "It's wonderful, this world".

it's just the order of the words. So it wouldn't be "このすばらしきせかい" would it?

*EDIT* My question has been answered, I didn't see the last post. Thank you both! I knew you can't use だ after い adjectives, I just guessed it would be a noun and therefore any です form would be okay. Interesting about ありがとう, I nearly didn't put it as it sounded wrong somehow. But what would be the equivalent of "thank you in advance" then?

Thank you in advance.

 

[Toritoribe]

what would be the equivalent of "thank you in advance" then?

窶堙ｦ窶堙ｫ窶堋ｵ窶堋ｭ窶堋ｨﾅ?ﾃｨ窶堋｢窶堋ｵ窶堙懌?堋ｷﾂ。

 

[LewiiG]

Ah, good old よろしくお願いします。Crops up in a few places that one. I guess I should look a bit more into it. Anyway, thanks! I learned a good bit from you two. Thanks again! (appropriately this time), 本当にありがとうございました！