on (només per a llocs)

On Restricted to Places

Level 6

On introduces a relative clause whose antecedent is a place.

How It Works

La sala on ens reunim identifies a room by what happens there. On can correspond to en què or en la qual when the relation is locative. A preceding preposition can express origin or direction: el poble d'on venim.

Formal editing should check abstract where translations carefully. L'article en què s'explica el procediment refers to a document containing information; l'any en què es va aprovar refers to time. A physical room can take on. These distinctions do not ban every metaphorical use in all discourse, but en què or an agreeing qual form usually makes an abstract relationship clearer and avoids treating every antecedent as a literal place.

Examples (3)

  1. La sala on ens reunim és petita.

    The room where we meet is small.

  2. L’any en què va néixer no consta.

    The year in which she was born is not recorded.

  3. És l’article en què s’explica el procediment.

    It is the article in which the procedure is explained.

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on (només per a llocs)Level 6On Restricted to Places

Learn This First

Identify a locative antecedent before restricting on in formal prose. Keep the preposition licensed by the relative’s embedded function.

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