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212 whitherhttps://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/whither, to wherehttps://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/where (interrogative correlative of direction) wiktshow exs(8) [View on Wiktionary]https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/kien#Esperantokien Etymology From kiehttps://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/kie#Esperanto +‎ -nhttps://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/-n#Esperanto.  Pronunciation  IPAhttps://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Wiktionary:International_Phonetic_Alphabet(keyhttps://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Appendix:Esperanto_pronunciation): /ˈkien/     Audio        (filehttps://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/File:Eo-kien.ogg)     Adverb kien   whitherhttps://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/whither, to wherehttps://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/where (interrogative correlative of direction)  Usage notes Like other interrogative and relative correlatives, kien can be combined with ajnhttps://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/ajn#Esperanto, the adverbial particle of generality. Kien ajnhttps://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/ajn#Esperanto thus means "(to) whereverhttps://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/wherever" or "whithereverhttps://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/whitherever".  Related terms    ĉienhttps://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%C4%89ien#Esperanto ienhttps://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/ien#Esperanto nenienhttps://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/nenien#Esperanto tienhttps://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/tien#Esperanto

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kien null srcfrnengall Mi scias kien iri.I know where to go.  mihttps://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/mi#Esperanto sciashttps://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/scias#Esperanto kienhttps://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/kien#Esperanto irihttps://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/iri#Esperanto  [g]https://translate.google.com/?sl=eo&tl=en&text=Mi+scias+kien+iri.&op=translate Mi scias, kien vi iros.I know where you will go.  mihttps://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/mi#Esperanto sciashttps://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/scias#Esperanto kienhttps://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/kien#Esperanto vihttps://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/vi#Esperanto iroshttps://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/iros#Esperanto  [g]https://translate.google.com/?sl=eo&tl=en&text=Mi+scias%2C+kien+vi+iros.&op=translate Mi scias, kien ili iras.I know where they are going.  mihttps://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/mi#Esperanto sciashttps://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/scias#Esperanto kienhttps://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/kien#Esperanto ilihttps://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/ili#Esperanto irashttps://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/iras#Esperanto  [g]https://translate.google.com/?sl=eo&tl=en&text=Mi+scias%2C+kien+ili+iras.&op=translate Mi ankoraŭ ne decidis kien iri.I have not yet decided to go.  mihttps://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/mi#Esperanto ankoraŭ nehttps://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/ne#Esperanto decidishttps://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/decidis#Esperanto kienhttps://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/kien#Esperanto irihttps://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/iri#Esperanto  [g]https://translate.google.com/?sl=eo&tl=en&text=Mi+ankora%C5%AD+ne+decidis+kien+iri.&op=translate Li diris al mi kien iri.He told me where to go.  lihttps://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/li#Esperanto dirishttps://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/diris#Esperanto alhttps://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/al#Esperanto mihttps://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/mi#Esperanto kienhttps://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/kien#Esperanto irihttps://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/iri#Esperanto  [g]https://translate.google.com/?sl=eo&tl=en&text=Li+diris+al+mi+kien+iri.&op=translate Mi volas iri kien ajn vi iras.I want to go wherever you go.  mihttps://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/mi#Esperanto volashttps://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/volas#Esperanto irihttps://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/iri#Esperanto kienhttps://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/kien#Esperanto ajnhttps://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/ajn#Esperanto vihttps://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/vi#Esperanto irashttps://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/iras#Esperanto  [g]https://translate.google.com/?sl=eo&tl=en&text=Mi+volas+iri+kien+ajn+vi+iras.&op=translate Mia patro diris al mi kien iri.My father told me where to go.  miahttps://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/mia#Esperanto patrohttps://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/patro#Esperanto dirishttps://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/diris#Esperanto alhttps://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/al#Esperanto mihttps://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/mi#Esperanto kienhttps://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/kien#Esperanto irihttps://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/iri#Esperanto  [g]https://translate.google.com/?sl=eo&tl=en&text=Mia+patro+diris+al+mi+kien+iri.&op=translate Mi volas iri kun vi, kien ajn vi iros.I want to go with you wherever you go.  mihttps://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/mi#Esperanto volashttps://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/volas#Esperanto irihttps://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/iri#Esperanto kunhttps://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/kun#Esperanto vihttps://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/vi#Esperanto kienhttps://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/kien#Esperanto ajnhttps://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/ajn#Esperanto vihttps://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/vi#Esperanto iroshttps://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/iros#Esperanto  [g]https://translate.google.com/?sl=eo&tl=en&text=Mi+volas+iri+kun+vi%2C+kien+ajn+vi+iros.&op=translate

Kien Mi I Iri Interrogative Vi Correlative Direction

kien

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