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Appendix:Esperanto correlatives

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Question
("What")
Indication
("This/that")
Indefinite
("Some")
Universal
("Each, every")
Negative
("No")
ki- ti- i- ĉi- neni-
Quality -a kia (what kind/sort/type of) tia (such a) ia (some kind/sort/type of) ĉia (every kind/sort/type of) nenia (no kind/sort/type of)
Reason -al kial (why) tial (for that reason, therefore) ial (for some reason) ĉial (for all reasons) nenial (for no reason)
Time -am kiam (when) tiam (then) iam (sometime) ĉiam (always) neniam (never)
Place -e kie (where) tie (there) ie (somewhere) ĉie (everywhere) nenie (nowhere)
Manner -el kiel (how, as) tiel (thus, as) iel (somehow) ĉiel (in every way) neniel (no-how, in no way)
Association -es kies (whose) ties (this/that one's) ies (someone's) ĉies (everyone's) nenies (no one's)
Thing -o kio (what) tio (this/that) io (something) ĉio (everything) nenio (nothing)
Amount -om kiom (how much) tiom (that much) iom (some, a bit) ĉiom (all of it) neniom (none)
Individual -u kiu (who, which one; which [horse]) tiu (that one; that [horse]) iu (someone; some [horse]) ĉiu (everyone; each [horse], all [horses]) neniu (no one; no [horse])