Relative Pronouns and Relative clauses
(pronombres relativos y clausulas relativas)
Una clásula relativa (relative clause) es usad
Relative Pronouns - Pronombres Relativos | |||
Who / that | quien quienes que | Se utiliza sólo con personas. We use who for people | He is the mechanic who / that fixed your car. I’m the person who called you. |
Which / that | que la cual el cual los cuales | Se utiliza sólo para cosas y animales. We use which for things and animals. | A lion is an animal which / that lives in Africa. It’s the car which/that they bought. |
Whose | cuyo, cuyos cuyas de quien | Indica posesión. We use whose as possessive. | Nobody knew whose car was stolen. Robert is the teacher whose son won a price. |
Where | donde | Indica lugar. We use where for places. | Caracas is the city where I have lived all my life. |
When | cuando | Indica tiempo y fecha. We use when for dates. | May is the month when Mother’s Day is celebrated. |
Whom To whom From whom With whom | a quien a quien de quien con quien |
Se utiliza con personas. We use whom for people. | Carlos is the person to whom she sold her car.
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Why | porque | Indica causa. We use why to indicate cause. | I wonder why the teacher didn´t come today. |
How | como | Indica modo. We use how to indicate mode. | The tourits asked me how to go to the park. |
