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The Relative Pronoun

Starts a relative clause which is a subordinate clause. ( Clauses must have a subject and verb ) This subordinate clause tells more information about a noun/pronoun: it’s antecedent Relative pronouns relate groups of words to nouns or other pronouns who, whom, which, that, whose.

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The Relative Pronoun

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  1. Starts a relative clause which is a subordinate clause. (Clauses must have a subject and verb) • This subordinate clause tells more information about a noun/pronoun: it’s antecedent • Relative pronouns relate groups of words to nouns or other pronouns • who, whom, which, that, whose The Relative Pronoun

  2. The Relative Pronoun quī, quae, quod SG. M. F. N. quī cuius cui quem quō quī quōrum quibus quōs quibus quae cuius cui quam quā quae quārum quibus quās quibus quod cuius cui quod quō quae quōrum quibus quae quibus Nom. Gen. Dat. Acc. Abl. PL. Nom. Gen. Dat. Acc. Abl.

  3. CaseNumberGender, Whence do you get them? • Antecedent provides • Gender • Number • Case come from relative clause • Latin relative clauses • Begin with the relative pronoun • End with the finiteverb Rēgīnam [quae Britanniamregit] vīdī. Latin Relative Pronouns

  4. Vīdī rēgīnam [quae Britanniam regit]. Puer [cuius librum habeō] est amīcus noster. Virum cui librum dedī vīdistī. Oppidum quod vīdit erat parvum. Lūdī ex quibus vēnimus erant magnī. Practice Put [brackets] around the clause to simply your life!

  5. Inīmīcī erant virī quibuscum in aquā pugnābātis. Puellam ā quā in lūdō interficiēbar amō. Tristis! Portās ad quās nautae ā tē ductī sunt superāre debeō More practice

  6. Agricola [quī magnum agrum habet] pecumiam multam habebit. Romanōs quī Graecōs interfaciebant studēmus. Magister quō linguam Latinam noscitis insanus est. Liber cui referis horribilis est. Ager in quō cras stabō magnus est. Still more practice

  7. The friendly girl whom I saw in the woods is approaching. • The words which were heard by the Romans were bad. • Why do you not endure the fortune that nature gave you? • The man to whom I entrusted the money was my true enemy. Still even more practice

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