Esperanto/Appendix/Table of correlatives
Table of Correlatives
[edit | edit source]| Interrogative (What) | Demonstrative (That) | Indefinite (Some) | Universal (Each, every) | Negative (No) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ki- | ti- | i- | ĉi- | neni- | ||
| Kind of, sort of | ‑a[1] | kia (what kind of, what a) |
tia (that kind of, such a) |
ia (some kind of) |
ĉia (every kind of) |
nenia (no kind of) |
| Reason | ‑al | kial (why) |
tial (therefore) |
ial (for some reason) |
ĉial (for all reasons) |
nenial (for no reason) |
| Time | ‑am | kiam (when) |
tiam (then) |
iam (at some time, once) |
ĉiam (always) |
neniam (never) |
| Place | ‑e | kie (where) |
tie (there) |
ie (somewhere) |
ĉie (everywhere) |
nenie (nowhere) |
| Motion | ‑en | kien ([to] where, whither) |
tien ([to] there, thither) |
ien ([to] somewhere) |
ĉien ([to] everywhere) |
nenien ([to] nowhere) |
| Manner | ‑el | kiel (how, as, like, in what way) |
tiel (thus, as, so) |
iel (somehow) |
ĉiel (in every way) |
neniel (no-how, in no way) |
| Possessive | ‑es | kies (whose) |
ties (its, that one's) |
ies (someone's) |
ĉies (everyone's, everybody's) |
nenies (no one's) |
| Demonstrative pronoun | ‑o[2] | kio (what) |
tio (that) |
io (something) |
ĉio (everything) |
nenio (nothing) |
| Amount | ‑om | kiom (how much) |
tiom (that much) |
iom (some, a little, a bit) |
ĉiom (all) |
neniom (none) |
| Demonstrative determiner | ‑u[1] | kiu (who, which one, which X) |
tiu (that one, that X) |
iu (someone, a certain X, some X) |
ĉiu (everyone, each X, all X's) |
neniu (no one, no X) |
- ↑ a b Words with these suffixes (-a, -u) take -n and/or -j as appropriate.
- ↑ Words with this suffix (-o) take -n as appropriate.
^ Esperanto ^ | Appendix H: Table of Correlatives