Indefinite	Distributive, General or Collective	Interrogative and Relative	Negative	Demonstrative
Quality	IA some, any kind of, some, any	CHIA every kind of, each, every	KIA what kind of(?) What a ...! . . . as	NENIA no kind of, no such, of no kind	TIA such a kind of, of that kind, such a
Motive	IAL for some, any reason, cause	CHIAL for every reason, for all reasons	KIAL Why(?) For what reason?,	NENIAL for what reason, cause	TIAL for that reason, for such a reason, therefore
Time	IAM at some, any time, once, ever	CHIAM always, every time, for all time, ever (at any time)	KIAM When(?) At what time(?)	NENIAM Never, at no time	TIAM then, at that time, at such a time
Place	IE somewhere, some place (anywhere)	CHIE everywhere, in every place, anywhere	KIE Where(?) In what place(?)	NENIE nowhere (not anywhere), in no place	TIE there, in that place
Manner	IEL in some way, somehow (anyhow)	CHIEL in every manner, way, in all ways ...	KIEL How(?) In what manner(?); . . . as; like	NENIEL nohow, in no way, by no means ...	TIEL in that manner, thus, so; like (that); as ....
Possession	IES somebody’s (anybody’s, anyone’s)	CHIES everyone’s, each one’s	KIES Whose(?)	NENIES no one’s nobody’s	TIES that one’s such a one’s
Thing	IO something (anything)	CHIO everything all things all	KIO what (thing) which that which	NENIO nothing not anything	TIO that (thing)
Quantity	IOM some quantity somewhat rather, some a little (any)	CHIOM every quantity all, the whole, all of it	KIOM what quantity(?) how much (?) how many (?)	NENIOM no quantity none (at all)	TIOM that quantity so, as many / much
Individuality	IU some one some (anyone)	CHIU each one, each chiuj = all, all the.. everybody	KIU who(?) which (?), that ...	NENIU no one nobody	TIU that one that the former

The use of the adverb chi, which adds a sense of proximity to the demonstrative correlative words is a very common construction in Esperanto, especially to show contrast:

        - chi tie = “here”

        - Tiu signifas ... dum chi tiu siginifas ... = “The former means ... while the latter means ...”

        - Chi tial ... = “For this (very) reason ...”

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