〜にき: This is an old way to say you definitely finished something. You remember doing it yourself.

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〜にき

This is an old way to say you definitely finished something. You remember doing it yourself.

KMT10ArchaicStandardClassical InflectionWritten OnlyClassicalClassical Completion And PerfectiveGrammar

Verb [stem] + にきPrimary

This is an old way to say you definitely finished something. You remember doing it yourself.

見れば、月は既に隠れにき。

When I looked, the moon had already hidden itself.

FormalPastAffirmativeSentence EndingDeclarativeNature & Environment Literature

かの戦、多くの兵が死ににき。

In that battle, many warriors had perished.

FormalPastAffirmativeSentence EndingDeclarativeHistory Military Literature

久しく前に去りにし人を思ふ。

I think of the person who had departed long ago.

FormalPastAffirmativePrenominalDeclarativeEmotions & Psychology Literature

花はまだ咲かねど、山はすっかり春の色になりにき。

Though the blossoms have not yet bloomed, the mountains have completely taken on the colors of spring.

FormalPastNegativeSentence EndingConcessiveNature & Environment Weather & Geography

都の便りも久しく絶えにき。

News from the capital had ceased for a long time.

FormalPastAffirmativeSentence EndingDeclarativeHistory Literature

Imagine you are very sure about something that happened. This grammar shows you saw it yourself. It is like saying, 'I definitely saw it!'

This is different from just saying "ki" (き). "Niki" (にき) means something was really finished. It is also different from "nikeri" (にけり). "Niki" (にき) means you saw it happen yourself. "Nikeri" (にけり) means you just heard about it or realized it later.

Don't use this when you talk every day. It is for old books or very formal writing. It attaches to the stem form of verbs.

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〜にけり

This phrase shows that something finished in the past. It often adds a feeling of surprise or special meaning.

Verb stem form

This is a special form of a verb. You use it to join verbs together. You can also use it to make a noun from a verb.

〜き / 〜し

This is an old way to talk about the past. You use it when you saw or felt something happen yourself. It is like saying 'I saw it' or 'I felt it'.

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〜にき

This is an old way to say you definitely finished something. You remember doing it yourself.

KMT10ArchaicStandardClassical InflectionWritten OnlyClassicalClassical Completion And PerfectiveGrammar

Verb [stem] + にきPrimary

This is an old way to say you definitely finished something. You remember doing it yourself.

見れば、月は既に隠れにき。

When I looked, the moon had already hidden itself.

FormalPastAffirmativeSentence EndingDeclarativeNature & Environment Literature

かの戦、多くの兵が死ににき。

In that battle, many warriors had perished.

FormalPastAffirmativeSentence EndingDeclarativeHistory Military Literature

久しく前に去りにし人を思ふ。

I think of the person who had departed long ago.

FormalPastAffirmativePrenominalDeclarativeEmotions & Psychology Literature

花はまだ咲かねど、山はすっかり春の色になりにき。

Though the blossoms have not yet bloomed, the mountains have completely taken on the colors of spring.

FormalPastNegativeSentence EndingConcessiveNature & Environment Weather & Geography

都の便りも久しく絶えにき。

News from the capital had ceased for a long time.

FormalPastAffirmativeSentence EndingDeclarativeHistory Literature

Imagine you are very sure about something that happened. This grammar shows you saw it yourself. It is like saying, 'I definitely saw it!'

Don't use this when you talk every day. It is for old books or very formal writing. It attaches to the stem form of verbs.

Contrasts with(1)

〜にけり

This phrase shows that something finished in the past. It often adds a feeling of surprise or special meaning.

Verb stem form

This is a special form of a verb. You use it to join verbs together. You can also use it to make a noun from a verb.

〜き / 〜し

This is an old way to talk about the past. You use it when you saw or felt something happen yourself. It is like saying 'I saw it' or 'I felt it'.

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〜にき

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〜にき

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