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La patrino de ĉiuj diinoj.
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I thought that in esperanto you don't switch the order of the words to make a question, or is that only with 'cu?
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But wouldn't you say, if it wasn't a question, Si estas.... not Estas si.... In general, does the word order matter?
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someone said the word order doesn't matter but i think this is a different case, i'm not really sure, i don't wanna give out wrong information.
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Kiu ŝi estas is also correct, if I'm not wrong. If the word order changes, it's because here you don't have an object (therefore, no accusative, esti merely exprimes something is something), you have a verb and two subjects ('ŝi' is 'kiu,' and kiu is 'ŝi').
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We put 'kiu' first to address that we don't know the person, but we know that there is someone who is a person, and this person is the "ŝi." I hope youse understood.
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The part indicating you're asking a question always goes first. With a yes or no question, that's ĉu. With who questions, it's kiu.
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So can I use "kiu" both when I'm asking about a person and about things? Kiu estas ŝi? - Who is she? Kiu estas ĝi? - What is it?
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Kiu is "what one", so it means both "which" and "who". "Kio(j)(n)" is used for "what".
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You're correct, except that Kio(n) is never plural. We never use a j on kio, even if we're asking about more than one thing.
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Kiu estas ĝi = Which one (from a particular set) is it? Kio estas ĝi = What is it?
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I think this word didn't come from a language. It is a word which Zamenhof invented himself.
And I think that k- prefix comes from French, Latin and others. (But there is another point of view, which says that the is prefix has Slavic origin)
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I've noticed the qu- prefix to some sort in a number of languages, which would have been changed to ki, because phonetic pronunciation and all that.
Ke comes from the French que, I believe.
It's not Farsi, but close to Farsi. Ki in Farsi means Who. "Oon kie?" is "Who is he/she" (no genders in Farsi). Idk if this Kiu is related to the Farsi Ki, but it definitely has made things a lot easier for Farsi speakers lol.
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Pq no accepta la ortografia "sxi"? No esta s con circunflexo en mi teclado de mi movil :/
