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Relative pronouns and relative clauses

Relative pronouns and relative clauses. Another way to bind together two sentences. Relative clauses in English and German. A sentence that describes a noun phrase, pronoun or entire sentence. The relative clause typically comes right after the noun it is describing.

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Relative pronouns and relative clauses

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  1. Relative pronouns and relative clauses Another way to bind together two sentences.

  2. Relative clauses in English and German • A sentence that describes a noun phrase, pronoun or entire sentence. • The relative clause typically comes right after the noun it is describing. • The relative clause is set off by commas. • The conjugated verb in the relative clause comes at the very end of the clause.

  3. Relative Pronouns • These little words always begin relative clauses. • In English, the relative pronouns are that and which, who and whom. He told a joke that we had already heard 100 times. I know an old lady who swallowed a fly.

  4. Beispiel • Der Mann, der aus Moskau kommt, arbeitet seit einem Jahr bei der Firma. Two sentences here: • Der Mann arbeitet seit einem Jahr bei der Firma. • Der Mann kommt aus Moskau.

  5. Analyse • Der Mann, der aus Moskau kommt, arbeitet seit einem Jahr bei der Firma. The relative pronoun is der. It is masculine because the noun it refers to, der Mann, is masculine. It is nominative because in the relative clause – der aus Moskau kommt – it is the subject of the sentence.

  6. Zweites Beispiel • Ich kenne die Frau, der ich gestern in der Schule geholfen habe. Two sentences here: Ich kenne die Frau. Ich habe der Frau gestern in der Schule geholfen. The common element is die Frau – feminine

  7. Analyse • Ich kenne die Frau, der ich gestern in der Schule geholfen habe. The relative pronoun is der. Its antecedent is die Frau. The case of the relative pronoun is dative because in the relative clause it is in the dative case.

  8. The relative pronouns

  9. More Examples – what are the relative clauses? And the relaive pronouns? • Ich brauche einen Wagen, den ich mir leisten kann. • Ist das die Suppe, die du bestellt hast? • Es gibt keine Politiker, denen ich noch traue. • Das Mädchen, dem ich danken wollte, ist schon weg.

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