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les pronoms relatifs
combines 2 ideas together, omitted in english required in french
qui
people or things, subject of 2nd clause
example of qui
tu vois l’homme qui voyage… (do you see the man who is travelling…)
que
refers to people or things, but it is the direct object of dependent clause, always followed by subject (prob. a noun) and not a verb
que becomes with vowel
qu’
examples of que
c’et l’homme qu’elle a vu…
in passé composé past participle after que
agrees in number and gender with direct object
dont replaces
de plus a noun, refers to people or things, keeps us from ending sentences with prepositions.
de plus a noun examples
parler de avoir besoins de se souvenir de
examples of dont
voici la femme dont tu parlais, voici les gens dont la maison est grande (here are the people whose house is big)
de/dont (followed by definite article) is used to
express possession (le, les, la l’)
où
refers to a place or time (take note of accent)
examples of où
je me rappelle le moment où il m’a dit qu’il m’aimait (I remember the moment when he told me he loved me)
Français
french people
if both have a subject and verb
don’t use qui
