किछु / कियो
Something and Someone
किछु means something and कियो means someone.
How It Works
| Meaning | Positive | With नहि |
|---|---|---|
| thing | किछु (something) | किछु नहि (nothing) |
| person | कियो (someone) | कियो नहि (nobody) |
| person, object form | ककरो (anyone) | ककरो नहि |
Use कियो for someone who does the action, and ककरो when the person receives it: हम ककरो नहि चिन्हैत छी (I don't know anyone).
They also work in questions: अहाँ केँ किछु चाही? (Do you want anything?).
Write कियो, not केओ or the Hindi कोई. कियो and किछु stay the same whether or not you respect the person; writing also has किनको beside ककरो.
Examples (5)
- बाहर कियो अछि।
Someone is outside.
कियो is the person.
- हमरा किछु चाही।
I want something.
किछु is the thing.
- घर मे कियो नहि अछि।
Nobody is in the house.
नहि makes it negative.
- हम किछु नहि खएलहुँ।
I ate nothing.
किछु नहि means nothing.
- हम ककरो नहि चिन्हैत छी।
I don't know anyone.
ककरो is the object form.
Common Mistakes
Using the Hindi word.
बाहर कोई अछि।बाहर कियो अछि।कोई is Hindi. Maithili writes कियो.
How It Connects
Learn This First
कियो is related to के, and both words change meaning with नहि.
Related Patterns
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