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Relative Pronouns PRESENT
Relative Pronouns PRESENT
Clauses
What is a relative clause?
Nominative Case
First we decide what gender to
use depending on the gender
of the original noun. (Here it
was a single masculine word.
(uncle)
However then we have to decide
what case to use, depending on the
role the relative pronoun plays in
that second clause.
Here it was the nominative.
Dative
After a preposition
The man with whom we are speaking….
Der Mann, mit dem wir sprechen…..
The house in which I live, is….
Das Haus, in dem ich wohne, ist….
The men from whom we received letters..
Die Männer, von denen wir Briefe bekommen
haben…
The case of the relative pronoun depends
on its role within the relative clause. In which
case are the following rel. prons.?
Die Frau, mit der ich ins Kino gegangen bin, heißt
Angela Schmidt.
masc.
der den dem dessen
fem.
die die der deren
neut.
das das dem dessen
plur.
die die denen deren
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