Relative Clauses

1. Relative Clauses Stage 15

2. Relative Clauses • Ancillaurnamportabat. • The slave girl was carrying the jug. • Ancilla, quae post Salviumambulabat, urnamportabat. • The slave girl, who was walking behind Salvius, was carrying the jug. • The words in bold form a relative clause. The underlined word which introduces the clause is a relative pronoun. • Relative pronouns: qui, quae, quod = who, which, that

3. More Examples • Vilicus, qui cum praecursoribusequitabat, ad Salviumredit. • The farm manager, who was riding with the forerunners, returned to Salvius. The relative clause describes the farm manager. • Propeiuveneseratplaustrum, quodtotamviamclaudebat. • Near the young men was a wagon, which was blocking the whole road. • The relative clause describes the wagon.

4. Practice • Return to pp. 52-53. For each model sentence with a relative clause, underline the relative clause and circle the noun it describes. • 1. senex, qui sceptrumtenebat, eratrexCogidubnus. • The old man, who was holding the scepter, was king Cogidubnus. • 2. femina, quae coronamgerebat, eratregina. • The woman, who was wearing a crown, was the queen.

5. 3. donum, quod regemmaximedelectavit, eratequus. • The gift, which pleased the king very greatly, was a horse. • 4. vinum, quod ancillaeferebant, erat in pateraaurea. • The wine, which the slave girls were carrying, was in a golden bowl. • 5. agnus, quemservusducebat, eratvictima. • The sheep, which the slave was leading, was the sacrifice. • 6. victima, quam servustenebat, balavit. • The sacrifice, which the slave was holding, bleated.

6. In summation: • Relative Clauses… …are phrases that describe a noun. …begin with the relative pronoun qui, quae, quod. • Your homework: Part C p. 58 #1-6 Translate each sentence, then write down the LATIN relative clause and the LATIN noun it describes. • You must follow all directions to get full credit!