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205 what kind of, which kind of (the interrogative and relative correlative of kind)  wiktshow exs(15) [View on Wiktionary]https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/kia#Esperantokia Etymology From ki-https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/ki-#Esperanto (interrogative and relative correlativehttps://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Category:Esperanto_correlatives prefix) +‎ -ahttps://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/-a#Esperanto (correlative suffix of kind).  Pronunciation  IPAhttps://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Wiktionary:International_Phonetic_Alphabet(keyhttps://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Appendix:Esperanto_pronunciation): /ˈkia/ Hyphenation: ki‧a Rhymes: -iahttps://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Rhymes:Esperanto/ia Audio:            (filehttps://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/File:Eo-kia.ogg)     Determiner kia (accusative singular kianhttps://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/kian#Esperanto, plural kiajhttps://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/kiaj#Esperanto, accusative plural kiajnhttps://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/kiajn#Esperanto)   what kind of, which kind of (the interrogative and relative correlative of kind)    Mi ne scias kian koloron almeti por la ĉielo.   I do not know what kind of color to put on for the sky.       Derived terms  kia ajn (“whatever kind of”)  Usage notes Like other interrogative and relative correlatives, kia can be combined with ajnhttps://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/ajn#Esperanto, the adverbial particle of generality. Kia ajn thus means whatever kind of.

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kia null srcfrnengall Kia viro vi estas!What kind of man you are!  kiahttps://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/kia#Esperanto virohttps://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/viro#Esperanto vihttps://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/vi#Esperanto estashttps://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/estas#Esperanto  [g]https://translate.google.com/?sl=eo&tl=en&text=Kia+viro+vi+estas%21&op=translate Mi volas esti kia li.I want to be like him.  mihttps://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/mi#Esperanto volashttps://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/volas#Esperanto estihttps://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/esti#Esperanto kiahttps://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/kia#Esperanto lihttps://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/li#Esperanto  [g]https://translate.google.com/?sl=eo&tl=en&text=Mi+volas+esti+kia+li.&op=translate Mi scias, kia ĝi estas.I know what it is.  mihttps://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/mi#Esperanto sciashttps://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/scias#Esperanto kiahttps://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/kia#Esperanto ĝi estashttps://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/estas#Esperanto  [g]https://translate.google.com/?sl=eo&tl=en&text=Mi+scias%2C+kia+%C4%9Di+estas.&op=translate Mi scias, kia ĝi aspektas.I know what it looks like.  mihttps://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/mi#Esperanto sciashttps://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/scias#Esperanto kiahttps://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/kia#Esperanto ĝi aspektashttps://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/aspektas#Esperanto  [g]https://translate.google.com/?sl=eo&tl=en&text=Mi+scias%2C+kia+%C4%9Di+aspektas.&op=translate Mi scias, kia vi aspektas.I know what you look like.  mihttps://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/mi#Esperanto sciashttps://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/scias#Esperanto kiahttps://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/kia#Esperanto vihttps://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/vi#Esperanto aspektashttps://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/aspektas#Esperanto  [g]https://translate.google.com/?sl=eo&tl=en&text=Mi+scias%2C+kia+vi+aspektas.&op=translate Mi scias, kia tio estas.I know what this is.  mihttps://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/mi#Esperanto sciashttps://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/scias#Esperanto kiahttps://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/kia#Esperanto tiohttps://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/tio#Esperanto estashttps://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/estas#Esperanto  [g]https://translate.google.com/?sl=eo&tl=en&text=Mi+scias%2C+kia+tio+estas.&op=translate Kia alta knabo li estas!What a high boy he is!  kiahttps://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/kia#Esperanto altahttps://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/alta#Esperanto knabohttps://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/knabo#Esperanto lihttps://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/li#Esperanto estashttps://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/estas#Esperanto  [g]https://translate.google.com/?sl=eo&tl=en&text=Kia+alta+knabo+li+estas%21&op=translate Kia granda knabo li estas!What a great boy he is!  kiahttps://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/kia#Esperanto grandahttps://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/granda#Esperanto knabohttps://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/knabo#Esperanto lihttps://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/li#Esperanto estashttps://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/estas#Esperanto  [g]https://translate.google.com/?sl=eo&tl=en&text=Kia+granda+knabo+li+estas%21&op=translate Mi amas lin, kia li estas.I love him what he is.  mihttps://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/mi#Esperanto amashttps://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/amas#Esperanto linhttps://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/lin#Esperanto kiahttps://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/kia#Esperanto lihttps://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/li#Esperanto estashttps://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/estas#Esperanto  [g]https://translate.google.com/?sl=eo&tl=en&text=Mi+amas+lin%2C+kia+li+estas.&op=translate Mi amas ŝin, kia ŝi estas.I love her what she is.  mihttps://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/mi#Esperanto amashttps://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/amas#Esperanto ŝin kiahttps://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/kia#Esperanto ŝi estashttps://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/estas#Esperanto  [g]https://translate.google.com/?sl=eo&tl=en&text=Mi+amas+%C5%9Din%2C+kia+%C5%9Di+estas.&op=translate Mi komprenas, kia vi sentas vin.I understand what you feel.  mihttps://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/mi#Esperanto komprenashttps://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/komprenas#Esperanto kiahttps://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/kia#Esperanto vihttps://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/vi#Esperanto sentashttps://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/sentas#Esperanto vinhttps://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/vin#Esperanto  [g]https://translate.google.com/?sl=eo&tl=en&text=Mi+komprenas%2C+kia+vi+sentas+vin.&op=translate Ŝi ne plu estas, kia ŝi estis.She is no longer what she was.  ŝi nehttps://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/ne#Esperanto pluhttps://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/plu#Esperanto estashttps://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/estas#Esperanto kiahttps://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/kia#Esperanto ŝi estishttps://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/estis#Esperanto  [g]https://translate.google.com/?sl=eo&tl=en&text=%C5%9Ci+ne+plu+estas%2C+kia+%C5%9Di+estis.&op=translate Mi nur volis vidi, kia ĝi estas.I just wanted to see what it is.  mihttps://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/mi#Esperanto nurhttps://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/nur#Esperanto volishttps://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/volis#Esperanto vidihttps://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/vidi#Esperanto kiahttps://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/kia#Esperanto ĝi estashttps://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/estas#Esperanto  [g]https://translate.google.com/?sl=eo&tl=en&text=Mi+nur+volis+vidi%2C+kia+%C4%9Di+estas.&op=translate Via patrino faris vin, kia vi estas.Your mother made you what you are.  viahttps://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/via#Esperanto patrinohttps://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/patrino#Esperanto farishttps://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/faris#Esperanto vinhttps://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/vin#Esperanto kiahttps://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/kia#Esperanto vihttps://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/vi#Esperanto estashttps://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/estas#Esperanto  [g]https://translate.google.com/?sl=eo&tl=en&text=Via+patrino+faris+vin%2C+kia+vi+estas.&op=translate Mi pensas, ke mi scias, kia vi sentas vin.I think I know what you feel.  mihttps://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/mi#Esperanto pensashttps://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/pensas#Esperanto kehttps://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/ke#Esperanto mihttps://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/mi#Esperanto sciashttps://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/scias#Esperanto kiahttps://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/kia#Esperanto vihttps://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/vi#Esperanto sentashttps://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/sentas#Esperanto vinhttps://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/vin#Esperanto  [g]https://translate.google.com/?sl=eo&tl=en&text=Mi+pensas%2C+ke+mi+scias%2C+kia+vi+sentas+vin.&op=translate

Kia Mi I Kind Estas Vi Scias Interrogative

kia

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