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who, which (subject)

who/m, which (object)

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qui

que, qu’

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My brother, who is twenty, is at university.

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Mon frère, qui a vingt ans, est à l’université.

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The friends (that) I see most are…

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Les amis que je vois le plus sont…

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Lucienne, whom he has known for a long time, is…

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Lucienne, qu’il connaît depuis longtemps, est…

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There’s a staircase which leads to the roof.

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Il y a un escalier qui mène au toit.

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The house (which) we’ve bought has…

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La maison que nous avons achetée a…

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This is the present (that) she sent me.

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Voici le cadeau qu’elle m’a envoyé.

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the person he’s talking to

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la personne à qui il parle

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the person with whom I travel

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la personne avec qui je voyage

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the children for whom I bought it

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les enfants pour qui je l’ai acheté

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After a preposition when referring to people use ‘qui’.
Exceptions: after ‘parmi’ (among) and ‘enter’ (between) use ‘lesquels’/’lesquelles’
After a preposition when referring to things use ‘lequel’/’laquelle’/’lesquels’/’lesquelles’

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After a preposition when referring to people use ‘qui’.
Exceptions: after ‘parmi’ (among) and ‘entre’ (between) use ‘lesquels’/’lesquelles’
After a preposition when referring to things use ‘lequel’/’laquelle’/’lesquels’/’lesquelles’

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There were some young people, Robert among them

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Il y avait des jeunes, parmi lesquels Robert

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the girls between whom I was sitting

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les filles entre lesquelles j’étais assis

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the cloth he’s wiping it with

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le torchon avec lequel il l’essuie

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the table on which I put it

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la table sur laquelle je l’ai mis

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the means by which he achieves it

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les moyens par lesquels il l’accomplit

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the plays for which she is famous

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les pièces pour lesquelles elle est connue

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the shop to which he delivers these goods

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le magasin auquel il livre ces marchandises

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After the prepositions 'à' and 'de', 'lequel' and 'lesquel(le)s' contract as follows:
à + lequel = auquel
à + lesquels = auxquels
à + lesquelles = auxquelles
(but: à laquelle)

de + lequel = duquel
de + lesquels = desquels
de + lesquelles = desquelles
(but: de laquelle)

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After the prepositions 'à' and 'de', 'lequel' and 'lesquel(le)s' contract as follows:
à + lequel = auquel
à + lesquels = auxquels
à + lesquelles = auxquelles
(but: à laquelle)

de + lequel = duquel
de + lesquels = desquels
de + lesquelles = desquelles
(but: de laquelle)

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the injustices he’s complaining about

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les injustices desquelles il se plaint

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quoi - which, what

When the relative pronoun does not refer to a specific noun, ‘quoi’ is used after a preposition.

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quoi - which, what

When the relative pronoun does not refer to a specific noun, ‘quoi’ is used after a preposition.

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That’s where you’re wrong.
To which I replied…

When the relative pronoun does not refer to a specific noun, ‘quoi’ is used after a preposition.

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C’est en quoi vous vous trompez.
À quoi, j’ai répondu…

When the relative pronoun does not refer to a specific noun, ‘quoi’ is used after a preposition.

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dont - whose, of whom, of which

‘dont’ often (not always) replaces ‘de qui’, ‘duquel’, ‘de laquelle’ and ‘desquel(le)s’

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dont - whose, of whom, of which

‘dont’ often (not always) replaces ‘de qui’, ‘duquel’, ‘de laquelle’ and ‘desquel(le)s’

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the woman whose car is parked opposite

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la femme dont voiture est garée en face

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an award I am proud of

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un prix dont je suis fier

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a friend whose brother I know

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un ami dont je connais le frère

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the children you look after

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les enfants dont vous vous occupez

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the film of which he spoke

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le film dont il a parlé

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the window whose curtains are drawn

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la fenêtre dont les rideaux sont tirés

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books whose titles I’ve forgotten

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des livres dont j’ai oublié les titres

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the illnesses he suffers from

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les maladies dont il souffre

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a person whose help one can rely on

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une personne sur l’aide de qui on peut compter

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the children to whose parents I’m writing

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les enfants aux parents de qui j’écris

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the house in whose garden there is…

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la maison dans le jardin de laquelle il y a

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When used as an object of a preposition, lequel, laquelle, lesquels, and lesquelles refer to an antecedent that is not a person. These relative pronouns agree in gender and in number with the antecedent. They are generally preceded by prepositions such as: sur, parmi, sans, sous, avec, selon, pour, par etc…

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When used as an object of a preposition, lequel, laquelle, lesquels, and lesquelles refer to an antecedent that is not a person. These relative pronouns agree in gender and in number with the antecedent. They are generally preceded by prepositions such as: sur, parmi, sans, sous, avec, selon, pour, par etc…

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Here is the door through which the thief escaped.

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Voici la porte par laquelle le voleur s’est enfui.

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The newspaper article which claimed that the President resigned is false.

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L’article de journal selon lequel le Président aurait démissioné est faux.

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The tools with which he fixed his car don’t belong to him.

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Les outils avec lesquels il a réparé sa voiture ne lui appartiennent pas.

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The land on which he built his empire was very fertile.

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Les terres sur lesquelles il a bâti son empire étaient très fertiles.

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Lequel, laquelle, lesquels, and lesquelles as a subject
When the antecedent is a person, it is preferable to use “qui”. e.g.:
La femme avec qui j’ai vécu une vingtaine d’année m’a quitté sans explication.
The woman whom I lived with for twenty years left me without an explanation.

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Lequel, laquelle, lesquels, and lesquelles as a subject
When the antecedent is a person, it is preferable to use “qui”. e.g.:
La femme avec qui j’ai vécu une vingtaine d’année m’a quitté sans explication.
The woman whom I lived with for twenty years left me without an explanation.

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He talked with the new manager who was working with the rival company.

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Il a discuté avec la nouvelle directrice, laquelle travaillait pour la compagnie rivale.

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The police chief interrogated two suspects who denied having any relationship with the criminal.

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Le commissaire a interrogé deux suspects, lesquels ont nié avoir une quelconque relation avec le criminel.

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The hotel next to the U.S embassy has been demolished.

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L’hôtel près duquel se trouve l’ambassade des États Unis a été démoli.

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We visited a gorgeous villa that has twenty rooms and in the middle of which there is a botanical garden and a big pond.

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Nous avons visité une villa magnifique qui comprend vingt pièces et au milieu de laquelle se trouve un jardin botanique avec un grand bassin.

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Here are the graves in the bottom of which we found ten thousand year old urns.

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Voici les fosses funèbres au fond desquelles on a retrouvé des urnes vieilles de dix mille ans.

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The gardens along which we often used to walk no longer exist.

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Les jardins le long desquels nous nous promenions souvent n’existent plus.

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The questions he didn’t answer were not part of the curriculum.

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Les questions auxquelles il n’a pas répondu ne faisaient pas partie du programme.

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The incident you are referring to is no longer on the agenda.

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L’incident auquel vous faites allusion n’est plus à l’ordre du jour.

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The situation I faced was not easy.

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La situation à laquelle j’ai fait face n’était pas facile.

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Here are the projects in which you should be interested.

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Voici les projets auxquels vous devriez vous intéresser.

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ce qui, ce que: that, which

These are used when the relative pronoun does not refer to a specific noun, and they are often translated as ‘what’ (literally ‘that which’)

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ce qui, ce que: that, which

These are used when the relative pronoun does not refer to a specific noun, and they are often translated as ‘what’ (literally ‘that which’)

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What interests me doesn’t necessarily interest him.

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Ce qui m’intéresse ne l’intéresse pas forcément.

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I didn’t see what happened.

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Je n’ai pas vu ce qui s’est passé.

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What I like is classical music.

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Ce que j’aime c’est la musique classique.

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tout ce qui (sub)

tout ce que (obj)

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Everything, all that

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Show me what he gave you.

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Montrez-moi ce qu’il vous a donné.

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de + ce que = ce dont

He risks losing what he’s so proud of.

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de + ce que = ce dont

Il risque de perdre ce dont il est si fier.

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de + ce que = ce dont

That’s what it’s about.

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de + ce que = ce dont

Voilà ce dont il s’agit.

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preposition + ce que = ce + preposition + quoi

It’s not what I was expecting.

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preposition + ce que = ce + preposition + quoi

Ce n’est pas ce à quoi je m’attendais.

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preposition + ce que = ce + preposition + quoi

What I’m particularly interested in is…

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preposition + ce que = ce + preposition + quoi

Ce à quoi je m’intéresse particulièrement c’est…

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When ‘ce qui’ and ‘ce que’ refer to a previous clause, the translation is ‘which’.

He agrees, which surprises me.

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When ‘ce qui’ and ‘ce que’ refer to a previous clause, the translation is ‘which’.

Il est d’accord, ce qui m’étonne.

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When ‘ce qui’ and ‘ce que’ refer to a previous clause, the translation is ‘which’.

He said she wasn’t coming, which we already knew.

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When ‘ce qui’ and ‘ce que’ refer to a previous clause, the translation is ‘which’.

Il a dit qu’elle ne venait pas, ce que nous savions déjà.

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