kien
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See also: Appendix:Variations of "kien"
Antigua and Barbuda Creole English
[edit ]Noun
[edit ]kien (plural kien dem , quantified kien)
Bau Bidayuh
[edit ]Noun
[edit ]kien
- fish (vertebrate animal)
Dutch
[edit ]Etymology
[edit ]Pronunciation
[edit ]Interjection
[edit ]kien
Derived terms
[edit ]Esperanto
[edit ]Etymology
[edit ]Pronunciation
[edit ]Adverb
[edit ]kien
Usage notes
[edit ]Like 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
[edit ]See also
[edit ]| interrogative | demonstrative | indefinite | universal | negative | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
Further reading
[edit ]- "kien", in Reta Vortaro [Online Dictionary] (in Esperanto), 1997-2026
Javanese
[edit ]Determiner
[edit ]kien
Ladino
[edit ]Pronoun
[edit ]kien (Hebrew spelling קיין )[1]
- (Salonika) alternative form of ken
References
[edit ]Maltese
[edit ]Etymology
[edit ]Inherited from Arabic كَانَ (kāna).
Pronunciation
[edit ]Verb
[edit ]kien (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
[edit ]| positive forms | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |||||||
| 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 | ||||||
| negative forms | ||||||||
| singular | plural | |||||||
| 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | |||
| perfect | m | kontx | kontx | kienx | konniex | kontux | kenux | |
| f | kenitx | |||||||
| imperfect | m | nkunx | tkunx | jkunx | nkunux | tkunux | jkunux | |
| f | tkunx | |||||||
| imperative | tkunx | tkunux | ||||||
Derived terms
[edit ]Middle English
[edit ]Noun
[edit ]kien
- alternative form of kyn ("cows")
Norman
[edit ]Etymology
[edit ]From Old French kien , itself from Latin canis .
Pronunciation
[edit ]Noun
[edit ]kien m (plural kiens )
Volapük
[edit ]Noun
[edit ]kien (genitive kiena , plural kiens )
Declension
[edit ]| Singular | Plural | |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | kien | kiens |
| Genitive | kiena | kienas |
| Dative | kiene | kienes |
| Accusative | kieni | kienis |
| Predicative 1 | kienu | kienus |
| Vocative | o kien | o kiens |
- Introduced in Volapük Nulik.
Further reading
[edit ]- "kien", in Vödabuk (in English, Esperanto, and Volapük)
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