It’s Time to Meet Your Relatives

1. It’s Time to Meet Your Relatives Relative Pronouns Lesson 36

2. What Are Relative Pronouns? • Relative pronouns are who, which, what and that (along with their different forms). • They are called relative pronouns because they relate back to a previous word. • The previous word is called an antecedent.

3. What Are Relative Pronouns? • A relative pronoun introduces a relative clause. • A relative clause has a subject and verb, but it is not the main (independent) clause in the sentence.

4. Relative Clauses • Relative clauses begin with a relative pronoun and end (usually) with a verb. • If you remove the relative clause, the sentence will still make sense. • antecedentrelative pronoun relative clause • The womanwhorules Britain is Queen Elizabeth.

5. Relative Clauses • The boywhose bike I stole is pressing charges. • Have you seen the girlto whom I gave the books? • The girlwhom I visited was my cousin. • The landfrom which our parents came was beautiful.

6. The Relative Pronoun In English M., F. N. • who, which, that • whose, of whom, of which • to/for whom, to/for which • whom, which, that • by/with/etc. whom, which • which, that, what • whose, of which • to/for which • which, that, what • by/with/etc. which Nom. Gen. Dat. Acc. Abl.

7. Relative Pronouns • Latin has only 1 relative pronoun: qui, quae, quod…but it has 30 forms. • All 5 cases for 3 genders, singular and plural • 5 x 3 x 2 = 30 • Yes, you must memorize it thoroughly. 

8. quī cuius cui quem quō quī quōrum quibus quōs quibus quae cuius cui quam quā quae quārum quibus quās quibus The Relative Pronoun (also the Interrogative Adjective)quī, quae, quod - who, which, that M. F. N. quod cuius cui quod quō quae quōrum quibus quae quibus Nom. Gen. Dat. Acc. Abl. Sg. Nom. Gen. Dat. Acc. Abl. Pl.

9. How Latin Relative Pronouns Work • In Latin, the GENDER and NUMBER of a relative pronoun agree with its antecedent. • The CASE of a relative pronoun is determined by its use in its own relative clause.

10. The womanwho rules Britain is Queen Elizabeth. • woman: feminine, singular • who rules Britain “Who” is the subject of this clause, and therefore is nominative • Thus, we need the FEMININE, SINGULAR, NOMINATIVE relative pronoun here

11. quī cuius cui quem quō quī quōrum quibus quōs quibus quae cuius cui quam quā quae quārum quibus quās quibus The Relative Pronoun (also the Interrogative Adjective)quī, quae, quod - who, which, that M. F. N. quod cuius cui quod quō quae quōrum quibus quae quibus Nom. Gen. Dat. Acc. Abl. Sg. Nom. Gen. Dat. Acc. Abl. Pl.

12. The womanwho rules Britain is Queen Elizabeth. • FeminaquaeBritanniamregitest Regina Elizabeth.

13. WHO vs. WHOM in English • “Who” is used as a subject of a relative clause • The boy who lives next door is cute. • “Who lives next door” • “Whom” is used as a direct object of a relative clause • The boy whom I like lives next door. • “I like whom”

14. Who vs. Whom in English The person ________ is texting me right now has no idea I’m in school and must focus on this challenging lesson. ;-) The people ___________ I most admire are my parents. My friend, ________ you see in this picture, lives in Texas. WHO WHOM WHOM

15. The Relative Pronoun • This is the woman quae bellum incepit. who This is the woman who began the war.

16. Pronoun Practice • P. 256 Exercise A (1-5) • P. 260 Exercise A (1-5) • SCRIBITE LATINAM LINGUAM ET ANGLICAM LINGUAM, QUAESO! 