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) |
— (for this reason) |
ilum (therefore) |
— (for some reason) |
— (for any reason) |
— (for all reasons) |
— (for no reason) |
| Manner | vi (how, as) |
— (in this way) |
zo (thus, as, so) |
alvi (somehow) |
yovi (in any way) |
ĉiel (in every way) |
neniel (no-how, in no way) |
| Occasion | vila fø (which time) |
ista fø (this time) |
ila fø (that time) |
iam (sometime) |
iam ajn (whenever, anytime) |
ĉiam (every time) |
ni fø (at no time) |
| Time | vann (when) |
nann (now) |
dann (then) |
alvann (sometime) |
yovann (whenever, anytime) |
ĉiam (always) |
ninn (never) |
| Place | vo (where) |
hir (here) |
dir (there) |
alvo (somewhere) |
yovo (wherever, anywhere) |
ĉie (everywhere) |
nenie (nowhere) |
| Thing | vas (what) |
ista fu (this thing) |
ila fu (that thing) |
alvas (something) |
io ajn (anything) |
ĉio (everything) |
nenio (nothing) |
| Person | vei (who) |
istei (this one) |
ilei (that one) |
alvei (someone) |
iu ajn (whoever, anyone) |
ĉiu (everyone) |
neniu (no one) |
| Possessor | veis (whose) |
isteis (this one's) |
ileis (that one's) |
alveis (someone's) |
ies ajn (whoever's, anyone's) |
ĉies (everyone's) |
nenies (no one's) |
| Amount | vi molto (how much) |
ista molto (this much) |
ila molto (that much) |
da (some of it) |
iom ajn (any of it) |
ĉiom (all of it) |
ni (no, none of it) |
| Selection | vila(s) [cän(s)] (which [dog(s)]) |
ista(s) [cän(s)] (this/these [dog(s)]) |
ila(s) [cän(s)] (that/those [dog(s)]) |
da [cän(s)] (some [dog(s)]) |
yoka (whichever [horses], any [dog]) |
yede, alle (each [horse], all [dog]) |
ni [cän(s)] (no [dog(s)]) |
| Quality |
The quality correlatives are all formed with the selection correlatives | ||||||