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") |
Near ("This") |
Far ("That") |
Indefinite ("Some") |
General ("Any") |
Universal ("Each, every") |
Negative ("No") | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reason | varum (why) |
ĉi tial (for this reason) |
tial (therefore) |
ial (for some reason) |
ial ajn (for any reason) |
ĉial (for all reasons) |
nenial (for no reason) | ||||||||
| Manner | vi (how, as) |
ĉi tiel (in this way) |
tiel (thus, as) |
alvi (somehow) |
yovi (in any way) |
ĉiel (in every way) |
neniel (no-how, in no way) | ||||||||
| Time | vann (when) |
ĉi tiam ("now") |
tiam (then) |
alvann (sometime) |
yovann (whenever, anytime) |
ĉiam (always) |
neniam (never) | ||||||||
| Place | vo (where) |
hir (here) |
tie (there) |
alvo (somewhere) |
yovo (wherever, anywhere) |
ĉie (everywhere) |
nenie (nowhere) | ||||||||
| Thing | vas (what) |
ĉi tio (this) |
tio (that) |
alvas (something) |
io ajn (anything) |
ĉio (everything) |
nenio (nothing) | ||||||||
| Person | vei (who) |
ĉi tiu (this one) |
tiu (that one) |
alvei (someone) |
iu ajn (whoever, anyone) |
ĉiu (everyone) |
neniu (no one) | ||||||||
| Possessor | veis (whose) |
ĉi ties (this one's) |
ties (that one's) |
alveis (someone's) |
ies ajn (whoever's, anyone's) |
ĉies (everyone's) |
nenies (no one's) | ||||||||
| Amount | kiom (how much) |
ĉi tiom (this much) |
tiom (that much) |
da (some of it) |
iom ajn (any of it) |
ĉiom (all of it) |
ni (no, none of it) | ||||||||
| Selection | kiu (which [horse]) |
ĉi tiu (this [horse]) |
tiu (that [horse]) |
da (some [horses]) |
yoka (whichever [horses], any [horses]) |
yede, alle (each [horse], all [horses]) |
ni (no [horses]) |
Quality | kia (what a) |
ĉi tia (such a) |
tia (such a) |
ia (some kind/sort/type of) |
ia ajn (any kind/sort/type of) |
ĉia (every kind/sort/type of) |
nenia (no kind/sort/type of) |