Mini Lesson: Relative Pronouns in Spanish 2 (by level)
la mini-lección: pronombres relativos 2 (A2):
Today we will continue with some more relative pronouns in Spanish. As a reminder: relative pronouns introduce a clause that refers to a previous noun.
The noun can be a person, thing, place, possession, or amount.
Let’s take a look at lo que (that which, what, whatever).
In Spanish, we use lo que when we don’t refer to an antecedent or to a specific noun, but rather to a whole sentence, situation, idea or concept:
For example:
Me preocupa lo que dicen de ti.
(I’m worried about what they say about you.)
Pueden beber lo que quieran.
(They can drink whatever they want.)
la mini-lección: pronombres relativos 2 (A3-B2):
Today we will continue with some more relative pronouns in Spanish.
As a reminder: relative pronouns introduce a clause that refers to a previous noun. The noun can be a person, thing, place, possession, or amount.
Let’s take a look at lo que (that, which, what, whatever).
In Spanish, we use lo que when we don’t refer to an antecedent or to a specific noun, but rather to a whole sentence, situation, idea or concept:
For example:
Me preocupa lo que dicen de ti.
(I’m worried about what they say about you.)
Pueden beber lo que quieran.
(They can drink whatever they want.)
We put a preposition in front of que when the verb requires a preposition.
For example, in the sentence yo pienso en una historia (I think about a story), the verb pensar requires the preposition en (pensar en = to think about).
In a sentence with the relative pronoun que, it would look like this:
La persona en que pienso.
(The person (that) I think about.)
la mini-lección: pronombres relativos 2 (B3-C2):
Today we will continue with some more relative pronouns in Spanish.
As a reminder: relative pronouns introduce a clause that refers to a previous noun. The noun can be a person, thing, place, possession, or amount.
Let’s take a look at lo que (that, which, what, whatever).
In Spanish, we use lo que when we don’t refer to an antecedent or to a specific noun, but rather to a whole sentence, situation, idea or concept:
For example:
Me preocupa lo que dicen de ti.
(I’m worried about what they say about you.)
Pueden beber lo que quieran.
(They can drink whatever they want.)
We put a preposition in front of que when the verb requires a preposition.
For example, in the sentence yo pienso en una historia (I think about a story), the verb pensar requires the preposition en (pensar en = to think about).
In a sentence with the relative pronoun que, it would look like this:
La historia en la que pienso.
(The story (that) I think about.)
When we have a relative pronoun with a preposition, and the relative pronoun refers to a person, we change que with quien.
For example:
El profesor que está en la clase es nuevo.
(The teacher who is in class is new.)
But:
El profesor con quien platicamos.
(The professor with whom we chat.)
