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A correlative is a word that is naturally related to another. The words in the following table are called correlatives because they have the same roots and suffixes. They are like their counterparts in English (who, what, where, why, when, and how [← Anglo-Saxon hû ← hwu*]) and other languages. It is that in Esperanto they are more regular.
| individual | iu someone |
kiu who? |
tiu that (person) |
ĉiu each, everyone |
neniu no one, nobody |
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| thing | io something |
kio what? |
tio that (thing) |
ĉio everything |
nenio nothing |
| motive | ial for some reason |
kial why? |
tial therefore, so |
ĉial for every reason |
nenial for no reason |
| manner | iel somehow |
kiel how? |
tiel like that, thus |
ĉiel in every way |
neniel in no way, nohow |
| time | iam at some time |
kiam when? |
tiam at that time, then |
ĉiam at all times always |
neniam never |
| place | ie somewhere |
kie where? |
tie there |
ĉie everywhere |
nenie nowhere |
| quality | ia of some kind |
kia what kind of …? what a …! |
tia that kind of such a … |
ĉia every kind of all kinds of |
nenia no kind of |
| quantity | iom an amount (of) a little (of) |
kiom how much? how many? |
tiom so much so many |
ĉiom all of it |
neniom none (of it) |
| possession | ies someone's |
kies whose |
ties that one's the latter's |
ĉies everyone's |
nenies nobody's |