kien

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

Bau Bidayuh

Noun

kien

  1. fish (vertebrate animal)

Esperanto

Etymology

From kie +‎ -n.

Pronunciation

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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".

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

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.
      (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

  • 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

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
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