Example.—Li estas tiel forta, kiel vi = He is as strong as you.
Tiel ... ke = So ... that.
Example.—Li tiel kriegis, ke li raŭkiĝis pro tio = He shouted so, that he became hoarse through it.
Tiom = As much, as many, so much, so many. Its correlative is kiom, and tiom, kiom = as many as, as much as (par. [156]).
Examples.—Tiom estas malfacile memori = So much is difficult to remember. Li tiom laboris, kiom vi = He worked as much as you. Donu al mi tiom da pomoj, kiom da piroj = Give me as many apples as pears.
Tiom pli = So much the more.
Examples.—Tiom pli bone = So much the better. Tiom pli malbone = So much the worse.
Trae = Right through.
Tre = Very, much.
Examples.—Li estas tre dika = He is very corpulent. Mi tre estimas lin = I esteem him much.