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lunaris_filia (Arată profil) 17 septembrie 2015, 11:27:00
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.
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sudanglo (Arată profil) 17 septembrie 2015, 12:06:45
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 (Arată profil) 17 septembrie 2015, 13:19:06
sudanglo:Think of kiu as meaning 'which one'.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.
If you are not picking out one out of others then use 'kio'
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.
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sudanglo (Arată profil) 20 septembrie 2015, 13:37:51
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 (Arată profil) 21 septembrie 2015, 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.