1. RELATIVE
CLAUSES
DEFINING
RELATIVE
CLAUSES
Defining-­‐Relative
Clauses
(Especificativas)
define
and
give
important
information
about
the
person,
object,
place
or
time
they
refer
to.
The
relative
pronouns
are:
WHO,
WHICH,
THAT
(that
can
be
used
instead
of
who
or
which),
WHOSE,
WHERE
AND
WHEN.
The
relative
pronoun
may
be
the
subject
or
object
of
the
relative
clause.
• As
subject:
The
person
who/that
work
in
a
hospital
is
called
a
doctor.
S
• As
object:
That
is
the
man
who
I
saw
yesterday
O
The
pronoun
who
or
that
may
be
omitted
when
it
is
the
object
of
the
relative
clause..so:
That
is
the
man
I
saw
yesterday
-­‐Defining
Relative
Clauses
are
not
separated
by
commas
from
the
rest
of
the
sentence.
-­‐
We
can
also
use
WHAT
as
a
relative
pronoun
meaning
“
lo
que”..
We
ate
what
we
wanted
in
that
restaurant.
-­‐WHICH:
(“que”..referring
objects)
This
is
the
picture
which/that
costs
3.000.000
Euros.
-­‐WHOSE:
(“cuyo”)
That
is
the
man
whose
wife
won
the
firt
prize.
-­‐WHERE:
(“donde”)
Almería
is
the
city
where
you
can
see
the
most
beautiful
beaches.
-­‐WHEN:
(“cuando”)
We
saw
him
at
three
o’clock,
when
he
left
school.

2. NON-­‐
DEFINING
RELATIVE
CLAUSES
Non-­‐defining
relative
clauses
(Explicativas)
give
additional
information
to
the
one
presented
in
the
main
sentence
but
this
sentence
information
might
be
omitted
without
changing
the
meaning
of
the
sentence..
Non-­‐defining
relative
clauses
go
between
commas
when
they
are
in
the
middle
of
the
sentence.
WHOSE-­‐-­‐-­‐Obama,
whose
father
was
from
Kenya,
is
the
first
black
American
president.
WHO-­‐-­‐-­‐Peter,
who
is
fan
of
Zas,
had
an
accident
last
night.
WHERE-­‐-­‐-­‐-­‐The
café
Peter’s,
where
we
first
met,
is
a
nice
place.
WHICH-­‐-­‐-­‐This
T-­‐shirt,
which
is
very
cheap,
is
my
favourite.