Triparic Correlatives
Note: Shawn copied this table originally from the WP Esperanto article. Words in bold are actually Triparic. Otherwise, we're still editing.
| Question ("What") |
Demonstrative ("That") |
Indefinite ("Some") |
Universal ("Each, every") |
Negative ("No") | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quality | kia (what a) |
tia (such a) |
ia (some kind/sort/type of) |
ĉia (every kind/sort/type of) |
nenia (no kind/sort/type of) |
| Reason | varum (why) |
tial (therefore) |
ial (for some reason) |
ĉial (for all reasons) |
nenial (for no reason) |
| Time | kiam (when) |
tiam (then) |
iam (sometime) |
ĉiam (always) |
neniam (never) |
| Place | kie (where) |
tie (there) |
ie (somewhere) |
ĉie (everywhere) |
nenie (nowhere) |
| Manner | vi (how, as) |
tiel (thus, as) |
iel (somehow) |
ĉiel (in every way) |
neniel (no-how, in no way) |
| Possessor | kies (whose) |
ties (this/that one's) |
ies (someone's) |
ĉies (everyone's) |
nenies (no one's) |
| Thing | kio (what) |
tio (this/that) |
io (something) |
ĉio (everything) |
nenio (nothing) |
| Amount | kiom (how much) |
tiom (that much) |
da (some of it) |
ĉiom (all of it) |
ni (no, none of it) |
| Selection | kiu (which [horse]) |
tiu (that [horse]) |
da (some [horses]) |
ĉiu (each [horse], all [horses]) |
ni (no [horses]) |