can anyone explain pronom relatif compose (fill in the blanks)
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GETTING TO KNOW THE FRENCH RELATIVE PRONOUNS
October 24, 2013
/ Grammar Intermediate Grammar Intermediate Level
/ By Frederic
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Are you still familiar with relative pronouns in English? If you can no longer recall all those grammar lessons in school, don’t worry, this topic is fairly easy. Plus I’m pretty sure you use relative pronouns in your daily speech.
In English, relative pronouns are the words who, which, that, whom and where. These types of pronouns serve several purposes:
To point out clearly or properly identify the person or thing being referred to (example: The girl whopassed by a while ago was my best friend in grade school.)
To supply more information about the person or thing being talked about (example: The building, which was built in the 1800s, is said to be haunted by ghosts.)
To talk about it in grammar-y technical terms, relative pronouns are also used:
To connect the dependent clause or relative clause to the main clause.
To replace the subject, direct object, indirect object, or preposition.
When it comes to French, relative pronouns work the same way. These are the words qui, que, lequel, auquel, duquel, dont and où.
1. qui and que
Qui and que can both be used to refer to persons or things. The main difference is, qui is used for the subject (or indirect object for persons) while que is for the direct object. Qui is also being used after a preposition (à, de or pour)
Qui (subject) could mean who, which, orthat.
Que (direct object) could mean who, whom, which, or that.
A few examples:
Mon frère, qui a vingt ans, est à l’université. My brother, who’s twenty, is at university.
*Est-ce qu‘il y a un bus qui va au centre-ville? ls there a bus that goes to the town centre?
Les amis que je vois le plus sont Léa et Mehdi. The friends that I see most are Lea and Mehdi.
Voilà la maison que nous voulons acheter. That’s the house which we want to buy.
la personne à qui il parle the person he is speaking to
les enfants pour qui j’ai acheté des bonbons the children I bought sweets for
Examples source: Collins Easy Learning French Grammar
*Kindly note that que is shortened to qu’ if it precedes a word that starts with a vowel or most words that begin with a letter h.
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Answer: Pronom Relatif Compose consists of lequel, laquelle, lesquelles and lesquels which change according to the preposition. Like:
à + lequel = auquel
de + lequel = duquel
à + lesquels = auxquels
de + lesquels = desquels
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