kien

See also: Kien, kiên, Kiên, kiện, kiến, and Kiến

Bau Bidayuh

Noun

kien

1. fish (vertebrate animal)

Esperanto

Etymology

From kie +‎ -n.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkien]

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ien
• Hyphenation: ki‧en

Adverb

kien

1. whither, to where (interrogative correlative of direction)

Usage notes

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

• ĉien
• ien
• nenien
• tien

 

See also

Esperanto correlatives

		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

Javanese

Determiner

kien

1. (Cirebon) this, these

Maltese

Root
k-w-n
4 terms

Etymology

From Arabic كَانَ (kāna).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɪːn/

• Audio:

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Verb

kien (imperfect jkun, verbal noun kewn or kjien)

1. 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.

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   • 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.

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Usage notes

• 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

Conjugation of kien
		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

Derived terms

• inkella
• jekk
• kell
• kieku

 

Middle English

Noun

kien

1. Alternative form of kyne

Volapük

Noun

kien (nominative plural kiens)

1. knee

Declension

declension of kien

	singular	plural
nominative	kien	kiens
genitive	kiena	kienas
dative	kiene	kienes
accusative	kieni	kienis
vocative 1	o kien!	o kiens!
predicative 2	kienu	kienus

• ¹ status as a case is disputed
• ² in later, non-classical Volapük only