6000 Most Frequent Esperanto Words [w/ 60k+ example sents]
Kiu La Relative Interrogative Plural Accusative Correlative De
The word "kiu" in Esperanto can mean "who" (referring to individuals) or "which/what" (referring to things or being a relative pronoun). It functions as both an interrogative and relative correlative, as seen in "Kiu volas, tiu povas." (Whoever wants, he can.).
La vorto "kiu" en Esperanto povas signifi "kiu" (rilate al personoj), "kiu" aŭ "kio" (rilate al aferoj). Ĝi funkcias kiel demando aŭ relativa pronomo kaj povas esti uzata en frazoj kiel "Kiu volas, tiu povas." (Whoever wants, he can.).
Frequency Rank of Word
24
Word
kiu
Meanings
who https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/who
(the interrogative and relative correlative of individuals) ( relative )
which https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/which
which https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/which
, what https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/what
Pinyin
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Buttons
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Example Sentences
src frn eng all Kiu volas, tiu povas. Whoever wants, he can. kiu https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/kiu#Esperanto
volas https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/volas#Esperanto
tiu https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/tiu#Esperanto
povas https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/povas#Esperanto
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Wiktionary Entry
[View on Wiktionary] https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/kiu#Esperanto
kiu Etymology
ki- https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/ki-#Esperanto
( “ interrogative and relative correlative https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Category:Esperanto_correlatives
prefix ” ) + -u https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/-u#Esperanto
( “ correlative suffix of individuals ” ) Pronunciation Audio (file https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/File:Eo-kiu.ogg
)
Pronoun kiu (plural
kiuj https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/kiuj#Esperanto
, accusative singular kiun https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/kiun#Esperanto
, accusative plural kiujn https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/kiujn#Esperanto
) who https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/who
(the interrogative and relative correlative of individuals) Mi jam diris, ke mia frato, kiu estis iomete pli aĝa ol mi, mortis. I already said, that my brother, who was a little bit older than me, died. ( relative ) which https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/which
La vivo moviĝas laŭ bova rapideco sur la sunaj, ĉielgloraj deklivoj, kiuj falas de la piramidaj pintoj al la bordoj de la bluega oceano. Life moves ploddingly on the sunny, heavenly-glorious slopes, which fall from the piramidal peaks to the borders of the big blue ocean. Karlo restas fama pro la influo-batalo, kiun li entreprenis kontraŭ la Parlamento de Anglio. [1] https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karlo_la_1-a_(Anglio)
Charles remains famous for the influence battle, which he undertook against the English Parliament. Derived terms kiu ajn https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/kiu_ajn#Esperanto
( “ whoever https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/whoever
” ) Determiner kiu (accusative singular
kiun https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/kiun#Esperanto
, plural kiuj https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/kiuj#Esperanto
, accusative plural kiujn https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/kiujn#Esperanto
) which https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/which
, what https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/what
Usage notes Like other interrogative and relative correlatives, kiu can be combined with
ajn https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/ajn#Esperanto
, the adverbial particle of generality. Kiu ajn thus means whoever https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/whoever
.
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