Pronombre Relativo

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Pronombre Relativo

• QUE QUIEN
• CUYO LO QUE
• EL QUE

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Pronombres Relativos

• Pronouns are words that refer to a noun.
  "Relative"pronouns are called "relative" because
  they are "related" to
• a noun that has previously been stated.

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Pronombres Relativos

• Relative pronouns combine two sentencesthat
  share a common noun.
• The milk is cold.
• You bought milk.
• The milk that you bought is cold.
• La leche está helada
• Tú compraste leche.
• La leche que compraste esta helada

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Pronombres Relativos

• The relative pronoun is often omitted in English,
  but it is never omitted in Spanish.
• La casa que compramos es nueva.
• The house (that) we bought is new.
• El programa que miraba era cómico.
• The show (that) I was watching was comical.

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Que

• Que". It can be used to refer to both persons and
  things.
• Que" is the Spanish equivalent of the English
  words who, whom, which, and that.
• Los libros que son extensos ... (thing, subject
• The books which are long
• La señorita que conocí ... (person, object)
• The young lady whom I met
• La carta que leiste ... (thing, object)
• The letter that you read

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Pronombre Relativo

• QUIEN

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QUIEN

• The relative pronoun "quien" is used only to
  refer to people. There is no gender distinction
  but number agreement.
• My uncle, who is a professor, is coming to visit
  me today.
• Mi tío, quien es profesor, viene a
• visitarme hoy día.
• Las chicas, con quienes fui al cine, son mis
  amigas.

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QUIEN

• When the relative pronoun refers to a person and
  is in the direct object position, either "que" or
  "a quien" may be used.
• La señorita que conocí anoche es la hermana de
  Raquel.
• When the relative pronoun is preceded by a
  preposition and the noun is a person only quien
  may be used.
• La señorita a quien conocí anoche es la hermana
  de Raquel.

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Pronombre Relativo

• WHOSE

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CUYO CUYOS CUYA CUYAS

• Separates the owner and that which is
• owned.
• Nearly always introduce or set up a non
• restrictive clause.
• Juan, whose father is from Paris,
• speaks French.
• Juan, cuyo padre es de Paris, habla
• frances

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Pronombre Relativo

• WHAT or WHATEVER

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LO QUE

• Is a neutral relative pronoun that allows
• you to refer to a great abstraction.
• When is used to mean whatever it
• often stands for something that is
• unknown or doubtful.

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LO QUE

• Lo que tu quieres no existe.
• El carro que tu quieres no existe
• Tienes la camisa que necesito.
• Tienes lo que necesito.

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EL/LA QUE EL/LA CUAL

• When the relative pronouns that, which,
• who or whom introduce a nonrestrictive
• clause you can use el que or el cual
• instead of the simple que.
• El que and el cual are interchangeable.

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EL/LA QUE EL/LA CUAL

• Tu sobrina, la cual recibe buenas notas, quiere
  ser maestra.
• Estas langostas, las cuales (las que) son de
  Virginia, están muy frescas.

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Nonrestrictive clause

• Contains information that is usually
• helpful to the overall meaning of the
• sentence however is not essential.
• If you removed this clause, the
• sentence would stand on its own.