Relative pronouns Ch 6.1 5H1

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Relative Clauses

Betrekkelijke bijzin: provides extra information about something that has already been mentioned, for instance a person, thing, animal, place, or event. 

NL: die (bij 'de-woorden'), dat (bij 'het-woorden), wat, waar. 

ENG: who, which, that, what, where, when

Relative Clauses

Kan bijv. verwijzen naar:

• een zelfstandig naamwoord (a noun)
• een voornaamwoord (a pronoun)
• een hele zin (a main or subclause)

Relative Clauses

Who: verwijst terug naar een persoon

My brother Tim, who is a law student, lives in London.

Which: het antecedent is geen persoon

The old Rolls Royce, which is worth a fortune right now, is parked in the garage. 

Relative clauses 

• Link to a word previously mentioned
  
• Links up two parts of the sentence

Martin played Tennis with Sophie, who was slightly injured.

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Noa sold her phone, which was old and damaged.

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Restrictive relative clauses

Beperkende bijzin:  essential information

• In the middle or end of sentence
• No commas!

He is the doctor who helped my grandmother.

This is the airport where I lost my bag.

Non-restrictive relative clauses

Uitbreidende bijzin:  additional information

• In the middle or end of sentence
• Starts and ends with comma
• Do not use  'that'!!!
  

The Times, which is published in London, is a daily newspaper.

The Times is a daily newspaper.

Relative clauses

You can leave out relative pronouns if:

• it is a 'restrictive' relative clause'
• the pronoun does NOT relate to the subject
  
• there is a pronoun behind it

The flowers which he gave me were beautiful.

Persoonlijk: ik, jij, hij, etc.

Bezittelijk: mijn, zijn, onze, etc.

Wederkerend: me, je, zich, etc.

The flowers he gave me were beautiful.

Relative clauses

Whose = van wie, wiens

John, whose sister lives in Groningen, is 18 years old

Whom =  die (esp. formal language)

Mij uncle Peter, whom I saw last Tuesday, is bald. 

What = als er geen antecedent is

What he says is not true ('That which')

Relative pronouns

• Na 'all', something', 'nothing', 'anything' etc heeft 'that' the voorkeur

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Workbook ex. 1 -4 p. 64-67