kien
Bau Bidayuh
editNoun
editkien
- fish (vertebrate animal)
Esperanto
editEtymology
editPronunciation
editAdverb
editkien
Usage notes
editLike 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
editSee also
editEsperanto 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
editDeterminer
editkien
Maltese
editRoot |
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k-w-n |
4 terms |
Etymology
editPronunciation
editVerb
editkien (imperfect jkun, verbal noun kewn or kjien)
- to be
- 2008, Trevor Żahra, Il-Ġenn li Jżommni f’Sikti, Merlin Publishers, →ISBN:
- Missieri kien niżel jiġri isfel, ħareġ fuq l-għatba u beda jsejjaħ lill-pulizija biex iwissihom b’dan il-periklu.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- 2018, Antoinette Borg, Amina, Merlin Publishers, →ISBN:
- Imnalla għajjatlu Fredu u kellu jwaqqaf l-eloġju ta’ nannuh, għax naħseb l-istorja li kien imiss kienet li għandu xi gżira privata.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
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
editsingular | plural | |||||||
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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
editMiddle English
editNoun
editkien
- Alternative form of kyne
Volapük
editNoun
editkien (nominative plural kiens)
- knee
Declension
editCategories:
- Bau Bidayuh lemmas
- Bau Bidayuh nouns
- sne:Fish
- sne:Vertebrates
- Esperanto terms suffixed with -n
- Esperanto terms with IPA pronunciation
- Esperanto terms with audio pronunciation
- Rhymes:Esperanto/ien
- Esperanto lemmas
- Esperanto adverbs
- Javanese lemmas
- Javanese determiners
- Cirebon Javanese
- Maltese terms belonging to the root k-w-n
- Maltese terms inherited from Arabic
- Maltese terms derived from Arabic
- Maltese 1-syllable words
- Maltese terms with IPA pronunciation
- Maltese terms with audio pronunciation
- Maltese lemmas
- Maltese verbs
- Maltese terms with quotations
- Maltese form-I verbs
- Maltese hollow form-I verbs
- Maltese hollow verbs
- Middle English non-lemma forms
- Middle English noun forms
- Volapük lemmas
- Volapük nouns