– Gender: masculine refers back to the boy – Number: singular there’s only one boy – Case: accusative direct object of verb ‘love’ in the relative clause... cuius quorum quarum quorum cu[r]
(1)Chapter 17: Relative Pronouns (2) Subordinate Clauses • • • • • Also known as dependent clauses Can’t stand alone in a sentence Do not express a complete thought Attached to main/independent clauses Contain subject and predicate, but sound incomplete when they stand alone (3) Relative Pronouns • In English, the relative pronouns are that, which, whichever, who, whoever, whom, whose, whosoever, whomever • Ex: The boy whom I love is named Jim – Main clause: The boy is named Jim – Subordinate clause: whom I love (4) Relative Pronouns • Refer back to an antecedent in the main clause • An antecedent is the noun or noun phrase to which a pronoun refers • Ex: The boy whom I love is named Jim – Pronoun: whom – Antecedent: boy (5) Relative Pronoun • Relative clause provides extra information about the antecedent that is not necessary for comprehension of the main clause • Ex: The boy whom I love is named Jim – Without the relative clause: The boy is named Jim (6) Relative Pronoun • Since it refers back to the antecedent, they agree in gender and number • The relative pronoun gets its case from its function in the relative clause • Ex: The boy whom I love is named Jim – Gender: masculine (refers back to the boy) – Number: singular (there’s only one boy) – Case: accusative (direct object of verb ‘love’ in the relative clause) (7) Relative Pronouns Singular F N quae quod Nom M qui Gen Dat cuius cui cuius cui cuius quorum quarum quorum cui quibus quibus quibus Acc quem quam quod quā quō Abl quō M qui Plural F quae quos quas quibus quibus N quae quae quibus (8) Relative Clauses • Usually, they begin with the relative pronoun and end with the verb of the subordinate clause • Ex: Puella cui librum dat est fortunata (9) Relative Clauses Relative pronouns can also be used in conjunction with prepositions Viros ad civitatem in quā eras misit If you use the preposition cum, it gets attached to the end of the relative Nauta quōcum navigavisti te laudavit (10)