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.)