1. Many Pronouns, Pronominal Adjectives and Adverbs have corresponding demonstrative, relative, interrogative, and indefinite forms. Such parallel forms are called Correlatives. Some of them (taken mainly from Latin and Germanic) are shown in the following table:
DEMONSTRATIVE |
RELATIVE |
INTERROG. |
INDEF. REL. |
INDEFINITE |
i |
qi |
qi? |
qiqi |
aliqi |
that |
who?, what? |
who?, what? |
whoever, whatever |
some one, something |
tamtos |
qamtos |
qamtos? |
qamtoskomqe |
aliqamtos |
so great |
how (as) great |
how great? |
however great |
some |
talis (swo) |
qalis |
qalis? |
qaliskomqe |
- |
such, so, this way |
as |
of what sort? |
of whatever kind |
- |
toeno |
qien |
qien? |
eneno |
aliqeno |
then ('this there') |
when |
when? |
whenever |
at some time |
totero* |
qitero |
qitero? |
qiterqiter |
aliqiter |
thither |
whither |
whither? |
whithersoever |
(to) somewhere |
i |
qa |
qa? |
qaqa |
aliqa |
that way |
which way |
which way? |
whithersoever |
(to) anywhere |
toendes |
qiendes |
qiendes? |
qiendekomqe |
aliqiende |
thence |
whence |
whence? |
whencesoever |
from somewhere |
toko |
qiko |
qiko? |
qikoqiqe |
aliqiko |
there ('this here') |
where |
where? |
wherever |
somewhere |
tot |
qot |
qot? |
qotqot |
aliqot |
so many |
as |
how many? |
however many |
some, several |
totient |
qotient |
qotient? |
qotientkomqe |
aliqotient |
so often |
as |
how often? |
however often |
at several times |
so |
qo |
qo |
qoqo |
aliqo |
this |
who?, which? |
who?, which? |
whoever, whichever |
some (of them) |