Grammar: Pronouns: Relative Flashcards
Quien
Quienes
Who
Whom
Que
That
Who
Whom
El que
La que
Los que
Las que
Who
Whom
That
Which
El cual
La cual
Los cuales
Las cuales
Who
Whom
That
Which
Lo que
Lo cual
What
Which
Whatever
Cuanto
Todo lo que
All that (neuter) Everything (neuter)
Relative pronouns introduce:
Dependent or subordinate clauses and join them to preceding nouns or pronouns
Relative pronouns can function as:
Subjects of subordinate clauses, or subjective or objective complements
Relative pronouns:
Are never omitted in Spanish, as they often are in English
Que:
Can replace people or things
Que:
Often introduce clauses not set apart by commas
Quien:
Use ‘quien’ in place of ‘que’ if there is a comma, which indicates a nonrestrictive clause
Quien:
When the nouns is the object of the verb, the pronoun takes the personal ‘a’
Quien:
Us ‘quien’ or ‘quienes’ when a simple preposition (a, con, etc) precedes a relative pronoun meaning ‘who’ or ‘whom’
If a relative pronoun meaning ‘who’ or ‘whom’ is preceded by a compound preposition (cerca de, etc) then use:
El cual
