Translation
how; as
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Examples
?
How do you do that?
, .
I do not know how to say that.
.
He speaks like a gentleman.
.
She speaks as well as he does.
, .
I want to know how you live.
Kiel is the correlative of manner: it asks "how" in a question and means "as" or "like" in a comparison. Its partner is tiel, so the frame tiel ... kiel gives you "as ... as" in one move. The correlative table pairs every ki- question word with a ti- answer word, and learning that grid once is far quicker than meeting kiel, kiam, kio and kiu as separate words.
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(6)Grammar articles
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This word is taught in chapter 1, lesson 6: kiel, ŝi, tio and 11 more words.