Chapter 12 Relative Pronouns Flashcards
What are relative pronouns?
used to combine two sentences or clauses that share a common element, such as a noun or pronoun
that; which; who
que
who; whom; that
quien(es)
that which; what
lo que
The vacuum cleaner that my parents gave me works really well.
La aspiradora que mis padres me regalaron funciona muy bien.
Lourdes, who studies spanish, is very intelligent.
Lourdes, quien estudia español, es muy inteligente.
Where is the coffee maker (that) I bought?
¿Dónde está la cafetera que compre?
The man who is cleaning is Pedro
El hombre que limpia es Pedro
Are they the girls (that) you told me about last week?
¿Son las chicas de quienes me hablaste la semana pasada?
Eva, whom i met last night, is my new neighbor.
Eva, a quien conocí anoche, es mi nueva vecina
Lola, who is Cuban, is a doctor.
Lola, quien es cubana, es médica.
His aunt, who is German, already arrived.
Su tía, que es alemana, ya llegó.
Key points for relative pronouns
Que is the most frequently used. It can refer to things or people. Unlike its English counterpart, that, que is never omitted.
Quien only refers to people and is often used after a preposition. or the personal a.
Quien is occasionally used instead of que in clauses set off by commas
Unlike que and quien(es), lo que doesn’t refer to a specific noun. It refers to an idea, a situation, or a past event and means what, that which, or the thing that.
What bothers me is the heat
Lo que me molesta es el calor
What I want is a house
Lo que quiero es una casa
