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Les Prenoms Relatifs

  • They link two clauses (combine two sentences using which, that, where)
QuiQueDontOù
Subject + qui (the subject is the entity that is verbing) (usually comes before verb)Object + que (the object is the entity that is acted upon by the subject) (usually comes before pronoun)Dont = que for verbs followed by de De qui = dont (for people) (dont carries the meaning of de) Dont + le/la/les = whoseRefers to place and time
J’ai une voiture qui est rouge (the car is being red).J’ai vu un film que j’ai aimé (Je is doing the liking, so Je is the subject; the film is being liked, so it is the object). La robe que la femme porte est blanche (the women is wearing the dress, so is the subject; the dress is being worn, so it is the object)La situation dont je parle (de). La personne de qui je parle = La personne dont je parle. L’homme dont la voiture été volée … (the man whose car was stolen) La femme dont le chapeau est vert …L’endroit où one s’est rencontrés (the place where we met). Le jour où one s’est rencontrés (the day that/when we met)