THE INDEFINITE ADJECTIVE.

208. The indefinite adjective, related to the indefinite pronoun "iu",

is "ia", of any kind, some kind of, a certain kind of, expressing

indefinitely the quality of a person or thing:

Estas ia birdo sur tiu arbo,

there is a bird of some sort on that tree.

Mi vidis iajn ostojn sur la tero,

I saw some kind of bones on the ground.

Estas ia homo en tiu tendo,

there is some sort of human being in that tent.

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