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Difference between kiu and kio as relative pronouns.

글쓴이: lunaris_filia, 2015년 9월 17일

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lunaris_filia (프로필 보기) 2015년 9월 17일 오전 11:27:00

Saluton!

I've recently continued learning Esperanto, and I've found such a question to which I hadn't really paid attention before. It seems to me that both kiu and kio can work as relative pronouns, but what is the difference between them? Thanks!

Sincere via,
Daniel.

sudanglo (프로필 보기) 2015년 9월 17일 오후 12:06:45

Think of kiu as meaning 'which one'.

If you are not picking out one out of others then use 'kio'

Li ne scias kion li volas - he doesn't know what he wants.
Li ne scias kiun li volas - he doesn't know which one he want

To see more model examples go to the Tekstaro, un-tick usklecon, deselect all sources, then select Ekzercaro from the source texts and search with 'kiu' and 'kio'. This will also throw up hits with 'kiun' and 'kion'.

lunaris_filia (프로필 보기) 2015년 9월 17일 오후 1:19:06

sudanglo:Think of kiu as meaning 'which one'.

If you are not picking out one out of others then use 'kio'
I appreciate your explanation very much! but what about the following sentences? I don't quite get it though. The only difference to me seems to be the antecedents.

Mi daŭrigis mian laboron, ĝis kiam iu knabo aŭ virino diris "bagus, bagus", kio signifas "tre bela" (Wiktionary).

Karlo restas fama pro la influo-batalo, kiun li entreprenis kontraŭ la Parlamento de Anglio (Wiktionary).

Thanks!

Daniel.

sudanglo (프로필 보기) 2015년 9월 20일 오후 1:37:51

Kiu as a relative pronoun implies that there are several such and you are talking about one of them.

Consider the following.

La virino uzis la vorton 'bagus, kiu signifas 'bela'

La virino diris 'bagus, kio signifas 'bela'


The difference is that in one case 'bagus' is identified as a member of a class (words).

In the other case 'bagus' is just used, without putting it into a category which has a number of members. We know it is a word but it is not explicitly referred to as such.

lunaris_filia (프로필 보기) 2015년 9월 21일 오전 11:46:07

sudanglo:In the other case 'bagus' is just used, without putting it into a category which has a number of members. We know it is a word but it is not explicitly referred to as such.
Thanks! I can understand better now.

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