Relative Adverbs: ubi, unde, quo

Where, From Where, To Where in a Clause

Level 4

Use ubi for where, unde for from where and quo for to where after a word for a place.

How It Works

These words describe a place, just as qui describes a person. The place word comes first, and the clause follows it.

Do not mix them up. Ubi means in the place, unde means out of the place, and quo means into the place.

They are the same words that ask questions (Ubi habitas?), but here they start a describing clause.

The place word can also be left out: ubi habito means where I live.

Haec est villa ubi habito.
This is the house where I live.
Ubi means in which place.
Oppidum unde venimus parvum est.
The town we come from is small.
Unde means from which place.
Locus quo imus pulcher est.
The place we are going to is beautiful.
Quo means to which place.
Ubi enim est thesaurus tuus, ibi est et cor tuum.
For where your treasure is, there is your heart also.
From Matthew 6:21. Ubi means where.
Ecclesia ubi oramus antiqua est.
The church where we pray is old.
Ubi means in which place.

Using ubi for a place you are going to.
Locus ubi imus pulcher est.
Locus quo imus pulcher est.
We are going to the place, so the word must mean to where: quo. Ubi means where something is.

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Relative Adverbs: ubi, unde, quoLevel 4Where, From Where, To Where in a Clause

These adverbs start a clause like a relative pronoun, so the question words and the relative come first.

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