Li venas ĉi tien = He is coming here.
Kie ajn li estas? = Wherever is he?
Kie ajn li estas, li ne estas tie ĉi = Wherever he is, he is not here.
153. Series in EL (manner), adverbial.
- Iel—somehow (anyhow), in some way, in some manner.
- Iel ajn, in any way (whatever).
- Ĉiel = in every way, in every manner, in all ways.
- Kiel = how, in what manner, like, ... as.
- Neniel = nohow, in no manner, not at all, by no means.
- Tiel = thus, in that manner, like (that), so, as ...
- Tiel ... kiel (in comparison) = as ... as; so ... as.
Examples.—Iel li ĉiel sukcesas = Somehow he succeeds in every way.
Mi havis nenian ideon, kiel ĝin fari = I had no idea how to do it.
Kiel vi fartas? = How do you do? or, How are you?
Ŝi neniel povis lin kompreni tiel longe, kiel li parolis la lingvon francan = She could nohow (or, not at all) understand him as long as he spoke in the French language.
Same kiel la prudento estas donita al la homo, tiel la instinkto estas donita al la besto = Just as reason has been given to man, so instinct has been given to beasts.