kien
Bau Bidayuh edit
Noun edit
kien
- fish (vertebrate animal)
Esperanto edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Adverb edit
kien
Usage notes edit
Like other interrogative and relative correlatives, kien can be combined with ajn, the adverbial particle of generality. Kien ajn thus means "(to) wherever" or "whitherever".
Related terms edit
See also edit
Esperanto correlatives
Interrogative | Demonstrative | Indefinite | Universal | Negative | ||
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ki- | ti- | i- | ĉi- | neni- | ||
Kind of, sort of | -a | kia | tia | ia | ĉia | nenia |
Reason | -al | kial | tial | ial | ĉial | nenial |
Time | -am | kiam | tiam | iam | ĉiam | neniam |
Place | -e | kie | tie | ie | ĉie | nenie |
Motion | -en | kien | tien | ien | ĉien | nenien |
Manner | -el | kiel | tiel | iel | ĉiel | neniel |
Possessive | -es | kies | ties | ies | ĉies | nenies |
Demonstrative pronoun | -o | kio | tio | io | ĉio | nenio |
Amount | -om | kiom | tiom | iom | ĉiom | neniom |
Demonstrative determiner | -u | kiu | tiu | iu | ĉiu | neniu |
Javanese edit
Determiner edit
kien
Maltese edit
Root |
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k-w-n |
4 terms |
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
kien (imperfect jkun, verbal noun kewn or kjien)
- to be
Usage notes edit
- When used as an independent verb, the imperfect form of kien has the sense of the future: Inkun miljunarju. – “I will be a millionaire.” The present tense is expressed by the subject pronouns without a verb: Jien miljunarju. – “I am a millionaire.”
- As a subordinate verb, the imperfect of kien is used in the normal fashion: Irrid inkun miljunarju. – “I want to be a millionaire.” The same is true of the perfect: Kont miljunarju. — “I was a millionaire.”
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of kien | ||||||||
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singular | plural | |||||||
1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | |||
perfect | m | kont | kont | kien | konna | kontu | kienu | |
f | kienet | |||||||
imperfect | m | nkun | tkun | jkun | nkunu | tkunu | jkunu | |
f | tkun | |||||||
imperative | kun | kunu |
Derived terms edit
Middle English edit
Noun edit
kien
- Alternative form of kyne
Volapük edit
Noun edit
kien (nominative plural kiens)
- knee