Translation
what kind of
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Examples
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What sort of man is he?
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What kind of house do you want?
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What a beautiful day!
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I do not know what sort of answer to give.
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As the question, so the answer.
asks what sort, and answers it, in the same way pairs with and with . Being an adjective it agrees with its noun, so a question about an object gives . Keep the three apart: picks out which one, asks what thing, asks what quality. It doubles as the exclamation: !
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Word family
Words built on kia with Esperanto's affixes. Read each one from its parts.
- kiamaniereadverb
how, in what way
kiamaniero
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This word is taught in chapter 2, lesson 9: kia, tra, mondo and 6 more words.