Mini Lesson: Relative Pronouns in Spanish (by level)
la mini-lección: pronombres relativos (A2):
Today we will look at one of the several relative pronouns in Spanish.
Relative pronouns introduce a clause that refers to a previous noun.
The noun can be a person, thing, place, possession, or amount.
Important: Spanish relative pronouns cannot be dropped like in English:
For example:
Este es el color que me gusta.
(This is the color (that) I like.)
In Spanish, we use que (that, who, which) when we talk about things and people:
For example:
El perro que quiero adoptar.
(The dog (that) I want to adopt.)
La periodista que escribió el artículo.
(The journalist who wrote the article.)
la mini-lección: pronombres relativos (A3-B2):
Today we will look at one of the several relative pronouns in Spanish.
Relative pronouns introduce a clause that refers to a previous noun.
The noun can be a person, thing, place, possession, or amount.
Important: Spanish relative pronouns cannot be dropped like in English:
For example:
Este es el color que me gusta.
(This is the color (that) I like.)
In Spanish, we use que (that, who, which) when we talk about things and people:
For example:
El perro que quiero adoptar.
(The dog (that) I want to adopt.)
La periodista que escribió el artículo.
(The journalist who wrote the article.)
We use el que, la que for the one who/the one that or which and los que, las que for the ones/those who/the ones/those that or which:
For example:
¿Qué coche prefieres? El que tiene airbags.
(What car do you most like? The one that has airbags.)
Las niñas de esta escuela son las que tienen las notas más altas.
(The girls at this school are the ones who have the highest grades.)
la mini-lección: pronombres relativos (B3-C2):
Today we will look at one of the several relative pronouns in Spanish.
Relative pronouns introduce a clause that refers to a previous noun.
The noun can be a person, thing, place, possession, or amount.
Important: Spanish relative pronouns cannot be dropped like in English:
For example:
Este es el color que me gusta.
(This is the color (that) I like.)
In Spanish, we use que (that, who, which) when we talk about things and people:
For example:
El perro que quiero adoptar.
(The dog (that) I want to adopt.)
La periodista que escribió el artículo.
(The journalist who wrote the article.)
We use el que, la que for the one who/the one that or which and los que, las que for the ones/those who/the ones/those that or which:
For example:
¿Qué coche prefieres? El que tiene airbags.
(What car do you most like? The one that has airbags.)
Las niñas de esta escuela son las que tienen las notas más altas.
(The girls at this school are the ones who have the highest grades.)
