que (relatiu)

Relative Clauses with Que

Level 2

Relative que connects a noun to a clause where it is the subject or direct object.

How It Works

In la noia que canta, que stands for the girl as the subject of canta. In el llibre que llegeixo, it stands for the book as the direct object of llegeixo. The relative clause describes the preceding noun, called its antecedent.

Que stays the same for masculine, feminine, singular and plural antecedents. It has no accent here. The relative clause's verb still agrees with its own subject: els nois que canten but els llibres que llegeixo.

Do not add a second ordinary object pronoun that duplicates a straightforward relative object: el llibre que llegeixo already contains the object link. When the verb needs a preposition, a different relative construction may be necessary, such as la persona amb qui treballo. Learn those after the basic subject/object pattern.

Examples (3)

  1. La dona que viu aquí és professora.

    The woman who lives here is a teacher.

  2. Aquest és el llibre que busco.

    This is the book I am looking for.

  3. Les persones que treballen aquí són amables.

    The people who work here are kind.

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que (relatiu)Level 2Relative Clauses with Que

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