kien

kien

1. fish (vertebrate animal)

From kie +‎ -n.

• IPA^(key): /ˈkien/

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kien

1. whither, to where (interrogative correlative of direction)

Like other interrogative and relative correlatives, kien can be combined with ajn, the adverbial particle of generality. Kien ajn thus means "(to) wherever" or "whitherever".

kien

1. (Cirebon) this, these

Root
k-w-n
4 terms

From Arabic كَانَ (kāna).

• IPA^(key): /kɪːn/

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kien (imperfect jkun, verbal noun kewn or kjien)

1. to be
   • 2008, Trevor Żahra, Il-Ġenn li Jżommni f’Sikti, Merlin Publishers, →ISBN:

     Missieri kien niżel jiġri isfel, ħareġ fuq l-għatba u beda jsejjaħ lill-pulizija biex iwissihom b’dan il-periklu.

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   • 2018, Antoinette Borg, Amina, Merlin Publishers, →ISBN:

     Imnalla għajjatlu Fredu u kellu jwaqqaf l-eloġju ta’ nannuh, għax naħseb l-istorja li kien imiss kienet li għandu xi gżira privata.

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• When used as an independent verb, the imperfect form of kien has the sense of the future: Inkun miljunarju. – “I will be a millionaire.” The present tense is expressed by the subject pronouns without a verb: Jien miljunarju. – “I am a millionaire.”
• As a subordinate verb, the imperfect of kien is used in the normal fashion: Irrid inkun miljunarju. – “I want to be a millionaire.” The same is true of the perfect: Kont miljunarju. — “I was a millionaire.”

Conjugation of kien
		singular				plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person
perfect	m	kont	kont	kien		konna	kontu	kienu
	f			kienet
imperfect	m	nkun	tkun	jkun		nkunu	tkunu	jkunu
	f			tkun
imperative			kun				kunu

kien

1. Alternative form of kyne

kien (nominative plural kiens)

1. knee