Relative Pronouns Español 4 (AP/IB HL)

Relative PronounsEspañol 4 (AP/IB HL) AMSCO Páginas 185-192 Ejecicios B-E, G

Relative pronouns • Relative pronouns are used to link information found in different parts of a sentence. • The relative clause provides additional information about the person or thing mentioned in the first part of the sentence. Quiero iral museo queestá cerca del centro relative pronoun relative clause

Relative Pronouns • You introduce a relative clause with a relative pronoun. • The most common relative pronoun is que. • que refers to both persons and things elartista que pintó este cuadro el obra teatral que divierte a todo el mundo

Relative Pronouns • Quien (and the plural quienes) is the relative pronoun that is used to refer to people. It is usually (but not always) used after a preposition. • After a preposition, que refers only to things; quien(-es) refers to persons. • There is no accent mark on quien/quienes when you use them as relative pronouns. la cantante con quien hablé los pintores de quienes te hablé

Relative Pronouns

Relative Pronouns • In Spanish, Neverend a sentence with a preposition! NOT – Ella es la chica él salió con • Ella es la chica conquien él salió.

Relative Pronouns • Never omit a relative pronoun in Spanish. La persona que vi en la calle no está. • It can be omitted in English. The person (that) I saw on the street is gone.

Relative Pronouns • You can also use the relative pronouns, el que and el cual, in the same way, but to show a stronger relationship or provide greater emphasis. • You will notice that these forms agree in gender and number with the noun to which they refer.

Relative Pronouns

Relative Pronouns • Ejemplos: agree in gender & number • un temploenel que hay jeroglíficos • la guitarristasinla cual no podemos tocar

Relative Pronouns • If there are two possible antecedents, quien (-es) or que is used to indicate the nearer of the two. La madre de Felipe, quien (que) está enfermo, le cuida con cariño. (Philip is ill) • The more distant antecedent is indicated by a form of el (la, los, las) cual (-es)or el (la, los, las) que. La madre de Felipe, la cual (la que) está enferma, no saldrá hoy. (the mother is ill) • This helps (through gender & number) to clarify the antecedent.

Relative Pronouns • Note that in formal uses, such as writing, it is more common to use el cual instead of el que. • Informal Hablé con el que llegó tarde. • Formal Cristóbal Colón fue un explorador famoso, el cual llegó a las Américas.

Relative Pronouns • The relative pronouncuyo(a) means whose, refers to both persons and things. • It agrees with the thing (or person) possessed not the possessor. • Remember to make it agree in gender and number with the noun that follows: • El pintor cuyos cuadros nos gustaron

Relative Pronouns • Lo que means what, or that which. • You use it when there is no direct person, place or thing in the main clause to which you are referring. • It refers to a more generalized idea or concept. No comprendo lo que quieres decir ¿Por qué no me dices lo que piensas?

Relative Pronouns • When you use lo que after todo it means all that, everything that. • Tienes que decirme todolo que sabes. • Nos dieron todolo que tenían

Relative Pronouns Español 4 (AP/IB HL)