Kio Interrogative Relative Correlative Objects Bagus Null Wikt

kio

Etymology

From

Pronunciation

• IPA
  https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Wiktionary:International_Phonetic_Alphabet
  (
  key
  https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Appendix:Esperanto_pronunciation
  ): /ˈkio/
• Hyphenation: ki‧o
• Rhymes:
  -io
  https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Rhymes:Esperanto/io
• Audio:

  ( file https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/File:Eo-kio.ogg )

Pronoun

kio (accusative singular

1. what
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/what
   (the interrogative and relative correlative of objects)
2. which
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/which

   Mi daŭrigis mian laboron, ĝis kiam iu knabo aŭ virino diris "bagus, bagus", kio signifas "tre bela".

   I continued my work, until some boy or woman said "bagus, bagus", which means "very pretty".

Derived terms

• kio ajn
  https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/kio_ajn#Esperanto
  (“
  whatever
  https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/whatever
  ”)

Usage notes

• Like other correlatives of objects, and unlike
  English
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_language
  what
  https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/what#English
  , kio always functions as a pronoun, never an adjective.
• The plural forms
  kioj
  https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/kioj#Esperanto
  and
  kiojn
  https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/kiojn#Esperanto
  are nonstandard and rare.